WFHB 91.3 FM

Frequency modulation

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 is a community radio

Community radio

Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 station in Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....

, Indiana

Indiana

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, United States

United States

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. The station has three translators

Radio repeater

A radio repeater is a combination of a radio receiver and a radio transmitter that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. This article refers to professional, commercial, and...

 serving southern Indiana: 98.1 in Bloomington, 100.7 in Nashville

Nashville, Indiana

Nashville is a town in Washington Township, Brown County, Indiana, United States. The population was 803 at the 2010 census. The town is the county seat of Brown County and is the county's only incorporated town...

 and 106.3 in Ellettsville

Ellettsville, Indiana

Ellettsville is a town in Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,078 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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WFHB has a small paid staff and over 200 volunteers, who perform a range of duties, from office administration to music and news programming. The station is supported financially by contributions from listeners and program underwriting by local businesses, as well as by community service grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Station history

The idea for WFHB began in the summer of 1975, when radio enthusiasts from Bloomington attended the National Alternative Radio Konference in Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. After returning from the conference, they founded a non-profit organization to establish a community radio station and began the process of applying for a Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) license and raising the necessary funds. Eighteen years later, on January 4, 1993, following numerous applications and several court cases, WFHB began broadcasting in a former city fire station

Fire station

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 in downtown Bloomington.

Translators

In addition to its main frequency, WFHB is relayed by three translators to widen its broadcast area.
This page was created by WFHB.org, community radio for south central Indiana

Programs

BloomingOUT

BloomingOUT

BloomingOUT is an LGBTQI radio show broadcast on WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is dedicated to the LGBTQI life, its history, current issues, news, culture, and a variety of queer topics. It began broadcasting on October 7, 2003. The show airs every Thursday at 6:00 p.m, Eastern...

• Daily Local News
• Bring It On!
• Interchange
• Standing Room Only
• EcoReport
• Hola Bloomington
• Storytelling Project
• Harvest Home
• What's The Juice?
• Brown County Hour
• CATSweek
• Sweatbox
• Specials

External links

BRING IT ON

Daily Local News

Interchange

Standing Room Only

EcoReport

bloomingOUT

Hola Bloomington

Bloomington Storytelling Project

Harvest Home

What's The Juice?

Brown County Hour

CATSweek

Sweatbox

Specials