WRTI

Infobox Radio station
name = WRTI


city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
area = Delaware Valley
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1953 (originally carrier current 1948-53)
frequency = 90.1 (MHz) HD Radio
format = Classical/Jazz
erp = Horizontal: 12,000 watts
Vertical: 10,500 watts
haat = 308 meters
class = B
facility_id = 65190
owner = Temple University
webcast = [http://www.wrti.org/listenlive.html Listen Live]
website = http://www.wrti.org
callsign_meaning = W Radio Training Institute|

WRTI is a member-supported radio service of Temple University in Philadelphia. It broadcasts on a frequency of 90.1 MHz and is repeated on several relay radio stations throughout eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The station's schedule is divided between classical music during the day and Real Jazz in the evening and over-night period. The Arbitron ratings service reports the station has the second largest audience among Philadelphia's public radio stations.

WRTI began in 1948 as a carrier current station. It was founded by John Roberts, professor emeritus of communications at Temple and long-time anchorman at WPVI-TV. He'd helped found the School of Communications and Theater at Temple. It received a full license in 1953. After years of serving as a student laboratory, WRTI switched to an all-jazz format in 1969. It added classical music in 1997 after Philadelphia's classical music station, WFLN, changed formats.

The station features such notable hosts as Dave Conant, Jack Moore, Jill Pasternak, Bob Perkins, Harrison Ridley Jr., Mark Quinlan, and Jeff Duperon. WRTI has one of the country's strongest broadcast arts units. The award-winning Creatively Speaking! arts magazine show, hosted by Jim Cotter, features contributors Jason Peifer, David Patrick Stearns, Susan Lewis and Tom Di Nardo among others. These arts writers also file arts reprts for WRTI News. News updates are done from 6-9am, 12pm, and 3-6pm by such anchors as Windsor Johnston, Jim Hilgen and Meridee Duddleston. Its transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of the city.

The Temple University Board of Trustees holds the FCC license of the station.

WRTI network

Frequencies in bold are full-power.

WRTI
*90.1 FM - Philadelphia
*97.7 FM - Reading
*97.1 FM - Allentown
*107.7 FM - Wilmington, DelawareWRTL
*90.7 FM - Ephrata/Lebanon/LancasterWJAZ
*91.7 FM - Summerdale/Harrisburg
*90.7 FM - York WRTY
*91.1 FM - Jackson Township/Mount Pocono
*94.9 FM - Wilkes-Barre
*99.1 FM - Pottsville
*106.1 FM - ScrantonWRTQ
*91.3 FM - Ocean City, New JerseyWRTX
*91.7 FM - Dover, Delaware

ee also

External links

* [http://www.wrti.org/ WRTI website]
*FMQ|WRTI
*FML|WRTI
*FMARB|WRTI
*FMQ|WRTL
*FML|WRTL
*FMARB|WRTL
*FMQ|WRTQ
*FML|WRTQ
*FMARB|WRTQ
*FMQ|WRTX
*FML|WRTX
*FMARB|WRTX
*FMQ|WRTY
*FML|WRTY
*FMARB|WRTY
*FMQ|WJAZ
*FML|WJAZ
*FMARB|WJAZ
* [http://www.geocities.com/broadcastpioneers1/roberts.html History of WRTI]