WGUC

WGUC

City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Broadcast area	Cincinnati, Ohio
Frequency	90.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	September 21, 1960
Format	Classical HD2: Jazz
ERP	18,500 watts
HAAT	209.2 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	6126
Owner	Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc.
Webcast	WGUC Webstream WGUC-HD2 Webstream
Website	wguc.org

WGUC is a public radio station serving Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Cincinnati Public Radio. It broadcasts at 90.9 FM and features classical music. WGUC also has HD Radio capability and broadcasts jazz on WGUC-2. When Cincinnati Public Radio purchased Xavier University's "X-Star Network" (a group of stations headed by WVXU-FM) in 2005, WGUC moved its National Public Radio news and talk programming, including All Things Considered, which had aired on WGUC since the 1970s, to WVXU. The only NPR-produced show still airing on WGUC is the youth classical performance program From the Top, while the news and information programming on WVXU has been expanded from previously. WGUC and WVXU share a building with WCET-TV in central Cincinnati.

Format

The station was originally licensed to the University of Cincinnati, broadcasting mostly classical music and All Things Considered. However, the creation of additional NPR programming in the 1980s created the need for an additional NPR outlet in Cincinnati, at which time WVXU (then licensed to Xavier University) became a member of NPR. While the two stations together provided most of the NPR programs available to a single market, the two NPR daily flagship newsmagazines aired separately; specifically, WVXU carried Morning Edition, while WGUC carried All Things Considered. With both stations now under the same licensee, program duplication, sometimes a problem in markets with more than one public radio station, could be eliminated. This means that WGUC broadcasts almost exclusively classical music, while WVXU carries news and information programming, including both NPR flagship newsmagazines.

History

WGUC was founded in 1960 by a group of local citizens who wanted a radio station devoted to cultural and public affairs programming similar to WOSU in Columbus. The University of Cincinnati, then a municipally-governed institution, responded to the demand. WGUC was one of the first stations in the nation to meet the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's qualification standards; a charter member of NPR; and a founder of another network, American Public Radio (now Public Radio International). WGUC also had one of the first NPR satellite uplinks, the first digital west-to-east transatlantic broadcast, and is the only U.S. public radio station with an ongoing program to commission new music. In 2003, WGUC became the first public radio station in Ohio to broadcast a digital HD Radio signal. In June 2005, WGUC became one of the first stations in the nation to receive FCC authorization to experiment with FM multicasting. In 2006, the station added a second digital channel of full-time jazz music (formerly heard over the air on WVXU), along with a classical music service on its primary digital channel.

In 1994, UC decided to discontinue holding the station's license; it transferred WGUC to an ad hoc community non-profit group, Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc.

Currently

WGUC's signal covers a 60-mile radius in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana. The station claims that almost 140,000 listeners tune to the station each week. WGUC broadcasts many local musical events, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra concerts, the Cincinnati May Festival, and the Cincinnati Opera season. The station currently produces and distributes The 90 Second Naturalist and Classics for Kids nationally. Holiday programs, such as Tunes From the Crypt (Halloween), A Feast For the Ears (Thanksgiving), and Love Greetings (Valentine's Day) have also had national carriage. One weekday feature, Cincinnati Spotlight, which airs weekdays during the 9:00 a.m. hour, highlights events in the listening area, local artists and musicians, and national and international performers who visit greater Cincinnati.

Classics for Kids

Classics for Kids debuted December 5, 1998 and is designed to help adults introduce children to classical music. The program, heard Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings, features a composer and his/her music, along with games, quizzes and curriculum materials for primary grade school students and teachers. The show is heard on several other classical-formatted public radio stations in the U.S.

Radio Reading Service

WGUC's subcarrier signal has served the local blind and visually impaired community since 1985. Through an agreement with the Cincinnati Association for the Blind, WGUC carries the audio broadcasts for the Radio Reading Service (RRS) on its alternate band. RRS serves more than 8,000 listeners, according to the station.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGUC

Radio-Locator information on WGUC

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGUC

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVXU

Radio-Locator information on WVXU

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVXU

Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KIH42 W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNLT WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

NPR member stations in the state of Ohio

Ohio State University stations	Columbus WOSU-FM Mansfield WOSV Columbus WOSA Coshocton WOSE Marion WOSB Portsmouth WOSP

Ohio University stations	Athens WOUB Athens WOUB-FM Cambridge WOUC Chillicothe WOUH Ironton WOUL Zanesville WOUZ

Kent State University stations	Kent WKSU Norwalk WNRK New Philadelphia WKRJ Thompson WKSV Wooster WKRW

WGTE stations	Bryan WGBE Defiance WGDE Lima WGLE Toledo WGTE

Cincinnati Public Radio stations	Cincinnati WGUC Cincinnati WVXU Oxford WMUB

Other stations	Cleveland WCPN Columbus WCBE Dayton WDPR Greenville WDPG Middletown WNKN New Boston WNKE Wilberforce WCSU Yellow Springs WYSO Youngstown WYSU

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio

Coordinates: 39°07′30″N 84°29′56″W / 39.125°N 84.499°W / 39.125; -84.499

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