WGTD explained

WGTD
City:Kenosha, Wisconsin
Country:US
Area:Racine and eastern Walworth Counties - Lake County, Illinois
Branding:WGTD 91.1
Frequency: (HD Radio)
Format:Public radio
news-talk
Erp:3,200 watts
Haat:62m (203feet)
Class:A
Facility Id:23347
Licensing Authority:FCC
Coordinates:42.609°N -87.849°W
Callsign Meaning:Gateway Technical College
Owner:Gateway Technical College

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.[1]

HD Radio

WGTD offers two additional digital subchannels on HD Radio:

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Cole . David . Format Change Coming to WGTD . July 7, 2024 . WGTD . April 9, 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: HD Radio - San Francisco, California. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013049/www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=4. July 17, 2018.