Radio station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
WRKF
(89.3
MHz
) is a
non-commercial
public
FM
radio station
in
Baton Rouge
,
Louisiana
. It is owned and operated by Public Radio, Inc., with
studios
and offices on Valley Creek Drive in Baton Rouge. WRKF is listener-supported, with periodic on-air
fundraisers
.
WRKF has an
effective radiated power
(ERP) of 28,000
watts
. The
transmitter
is off River Road in Baton Rouge, near the
Mississippi River
.
[1]
WRKF broadcasts using
HD Radio
technology. It airs
classical music
from
Classical 24
on its HD-2
digital subchannel
.
Programming
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WRKF is a member of
National Public Radio
. It carries NPR and other public radio news and information shows around the clock except for a few musical programs on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Weekdays, it produces two local shows,
Talk Louisiana
with Jim Engster, an interview and call-in show, airing at 9 a.m. and repeated at 9 p.m. weekdays. There's also a half hour news magazine shared with
WWNO
New Orleans
,
Louisiana Things Considered
heard at noon and 7:30 p.m. Local news updates are scheduled each hour. NPR shows heard on WRKF weekdays include
Morning Edition
,
All Things Considered
,
Fresh Air
with
Terry Gross
,
1A
and
Marketplace
.
Weekends feature one-hour specialty shows including
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!
,
This American Life
,
TED Radio Hour
,
Hidden Brain
,
On The Media
,
Milk Street Radio
,
The Moth Radio Hour
,
Radio Lab
and a local food show,
Louisiana Eats!
Music shows on weekend evenings include
American Routes
, Center Stage
and a local
Cajun
and
Americana music
show,
Hootenany Power
. Overnight, WRKF carries the
BBC World Service
.
History
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WRKF
signed on
the air on January 18, 1980
; 44 years ago
(
1980-01-18
)
.
[2]
It initially was a community-based public radio station. The schedule included classical,
jazz
,
folk music
,
blues
,
big bands
and
adult standards
, along with some NPR news shows. The studios were in a temporary building at the transmitter site on Frenchtown Road.
In 1986, the station moved to studios on Valley Creek Drive in the city. By the 1990s, most music shows had been eliminated, leaving a largely news and information schedule of programs.
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