WGVE
Encyclopedia
WGVE-FM is a FM high school radio
station broadcasting
on 88.7 MHz in Gary, Indiana
. It is owned and operated by Gary Community School Corporation
. WGVE signed on in 1954. Originally located at Lew Wallace High School
. It moved to its current location in the Gary Area Career Center
in 1969. The station's current format is local news, music, and limited NPR
. programing. The station also airs coverage of many high school and college sporting events.
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 broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
on 88.7 MHz in Gary, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
. It is owned and operated by Gary Community School Corporation
Gary Community School Corporation
Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary, Indiana, United States.-School Uniforms:All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniforms...
. WGVE signed on in 1954. Originally located at Lew Wallace High School
Lew Wallace High School
Lew Wallace High School is a four year public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- History :...
. It moved to its current location in the Gary Area Career Center
Gary Area Career Center
The Gary Area Career Center is a vocational school governed by the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- Students :...
in 1969. The station's current format is local news, music, and limited NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
. programing. The station also airs coverage of many high school and college sporting events.