WGTD

WGTD
Broadcast areaRacine and eastern Walworth Counties - Lake County, Illinois
Frequency91.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWGTD 91.1
Programming
FormatPublic radio; news-talk
Subchannels
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerGateway Technical College
History
First air date
December 23, 1975 (1975-12-23)
Call sign meaning
Gateway Technical College
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID23347
ClassA
ERP3,200 watts
HAAT62 meters (203 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°36′32″N 87°50′56″W / 42.609°N 87.849°W / 42.609; -87.849
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wgtd.org

WGTD (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and serving Racine and eastern Walworth Counties along with Lake County, Illinois. Owned by Gateway Technical College, the station is affiliated with Wisconsin Public Radio. It airs the "WPR News" network, consisting of news and talk programming. WGTD occasionally breaks away from WPR to air local programming and Kenosha-focused newscasts.

WGTD is a Class A FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,200 watts. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 101.7 FM in Elkhorn and 103.3 FM in Lake Geneva. The parent station can be heard with local signal strength from Waukegan, Illinois, to the southern boarder of Milwaukee county. Translators provide coverage to most of southern Walworth county.

Until the realignment of WPR's networks on May 20, 2024, WGTD was part of WPR's "News and Classical Music" network. Classical music programming was moved to WGTD's HD3 channel, which carries the "WPR Music" network; "WPR Music" is also heard in part of WGTD's coverage area on its Milwaukee station, WHAD.[2]

HD Radio

WGTD offers two additional digital subchannels on HD Radio:

  • HD2: "Jazz Blues 24/7", an automated jazz and blues format.[3]
  • HD3: "WPR Music", which primarily offers classical music.[2]

Translators

WGTD is relayed by two additional FM translator stations to serve western Racine and Kenosha, and the Geneva Lake region of Walworth County. Currently these translators offer only analog service, with no HD Radio subchannels. In 2024, the Elkhorn translator changed locations from an old municipal tower near Elkhorn's town square to a taller municipal tower near the Walworth County Courthouse.

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W269BV 101.7 FM Elkhorn, Wisconsin 147262 27 68.6 m (225 ft) 42°39′52.9″N 88°29′53.4″W / 42.664694°N 88.498167°W / 42.664694; -88.498167 (W269BV) LMS
W277BM 103.3 FM Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 147272 19 73.6 m (241 ft) 42°36′38.1″N 88°26′3.3″W / 42.610583°N 88.434250°W / 42.610583; -88.434250 (W269BV) LMS

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGTD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b Cole, David (April 9, 2024). "Format Change Coming to WGTD". WGTD. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "HD Radio - San Francisco, California". Archived from the original on July 17, 2018.


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