WGVE-FM | |
Country: | US |
Area: | Northwest Indiana |
Airdate: | [1] |
Frequency: | 88.7 MHz |
Format: | Public radio |
Facility Id: | 23278 |
Erp: | 2,100 watts |
Haat: | 28m (92feet) |
Class: | A |
Callsign Meaning: | "Gary's Voice of Education" |
Former Frequencies: | 88.1 MHz (1954 - 63) |
Owner: | Gary Community School Corporation |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Affiliations: | National Public Radio (limited) |
WGVE-FM is an FM high school radio station broadcasting on 88.7 MHz in Gary, Indiana. It is owned and operated by Gary Community School Corporation. The station airs local news, music, and limited NPR programming, as well as high school and college sporting events.
WGVE-FM signed on in January 1954, and originally broadcast at 88.1 MHz.[1] In 1963, its frequency was changed to 88.7 MHz. Originally located at Lew Wallace High School, it moved to its current location in the Gary Area Career Center in 1969.[2]