WBRH-FM
Encyclopedia
WBRH is a student-run jazz high school radio
station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. The station, at Baton Rouge Magnet High School, broadcasts with an effective radiated power
(ERP) of 21 kW. It is owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, along with sister station KBRH 1260 AM.
at 90.1 MHz with 20 watts ERP as a launching pad for future broadcasters. It currently offers a contemporary and traditional jazz music format and airs NPR programming.
High school radio
High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...
station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
. The station, at Baton Rouge Magnet High School, broadcasts with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
(ERP) of 21 kW. It is owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, along with sister station KBRH 1260 AM.
History
WBRH went on the air in 19771977 in radio
In the year 1977, significant events in radio broadcasting included the President of the United States participating in a call-in radio program.-Events:*KSTP-FM in St...
at 90.1 MHz with 20 watts ERP as a launching pad for future broadcasters. It currently offers a contemporary and traditional jazz music format and airs NPR programming.