WGLT

WGLT

City	Normal, Illinois
Broadcast area	Bloomington-Normal; Peoria, Illinois
Branding	GLT
Slogan	News & Ideas
Frequency	89.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	103.5 W278AE Peoria, Illinois
First air date	February 6, 1966 (1966-02-06)^[1]
Format	News, Jazz, Blues
Power	8.8 kW
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	115 meters (377 ft)
Class	B non-commercial educational
Facility ID	28310
Transmitter coordinates	40°28′46.1″N 89°03′12.3″W / 40.479472°N 89.053417°W / 40.479472; -89.053417Coordinates: 40°28′46.1″N 89°03′12.3″W / 40.479472°N 89.053417°W / 40.479472; -89.053417
Callsign meaning	Gladly we Learn and Teach (Illinois State University motto)
Affiliations	NPR, PRI, APM
Owner	Illinois State University
Sister stations	WZND-LP
Webcast	www.wglt.org/streams
Website	www.wglt.org

WGLT is a public radio station owned by Illinois State University and broadcasting on 89.1 MHz at Normal, Illinois. It broadcasts primarily news and jazz, plus a large amount of blues. The station also has an FM translator, W278AE on 103.5 MHz in Peoria, to fill in the signal along the Illinois River valley.

The station's studio is in the Old Union building on the campus of Illinois State University.^[1] Its callsign comes from the motto of Illinois State University: "Gladly we Learn and Teach", originally "and gladly wold he lerne and gladly teche", from line 309 of The Canterbury Tales.

History

WGLT signed on the air on February 6, 1966, with only 10 watts of power and a studio in Cook Hall. It was originally student-run and heard only in the dorms. WGLT increased power to 2300 watts and became a full-powered NPR station in July 1976, and increased power to 25,000 watts effective radiated power and adopted jazz as its daytime format in August 1992. The Blues Radio channel started on the Internet in March 2006, and the HD Radio broadcasts began in October 2008 with the main WGLT program on HD1, Blues Radio on HD2, and a News & Ideas channel on HD3.^[1]

On August 5, 2013, WGLT dropped Jazz programming from its daytime schedule to concentrate on News/Talk full-time due to declining ratings, but continues to air Jazz on its internet stream. In addition, its HD subchannels ceased operations due to a lack of listenership and interest in the specialty formats.^[2]

References

1 2 3 "Over 40 years of WGLT...News, Blues and All That Jazz". Normal, Illinois: Illinois State University. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
↑ Bloomington-Normal public radio station to drop daytime jazz format from Peoria Journal Star (June 18, 2013)

External links

Illinois State University

Academic colleges	Applied Science and Technology Arts and Sciences Business Education Fine Arts

Athletics	Basketball Fight song Football Reggie Redbird

Facilities	Duffy Bass Field Fell Arboretum Hancock Stadium John W. Cook Hall Horton Fieldhouse Redbird Arena University High School Watterson Towers

News and radio	The Vidette WGLT WZND-LP

Related	Critique Gamma Phi Circus List of notable Illinois State University alumni

Radio stations in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 89.1 89.5 89.5 90.3 92.9 93.7 94.7 94.9 95.1 96.7 97.9 98.3 98.9 Bloomington 98.9 Dwight 99.5 100.1 100.7 101.5 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 107.7

By AM frequency	1230

By callsign	W208AW W234AM W255AI W261BK W279BN W284BT WBBE WBNQ WBWN WESN WGLT WIBL WIHN WJBC WJBC-FM WJEZ WJHV-LP WJWR WPJC WRPW WSPI WWHP WWHX WXRJ-LP WZIM WZND-LP

Nearby radio markets Champaign Chicago Decatur LaSalle–Peru Peoria Kankakee Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Radio stations in the Peoria, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.5 89.9 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.3 95.5 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.3 102.7 103.3 103.5 104.9 105.7 106.9 107.9

By AM frequency	1020 1140 1290 1350 1470 1560

By callsign	WAZU WBNH WBYS WCBU WCDD WCIC WFYR WGLO WHPI WIRL (+W274BM) WIXO WLSE WMBD (+W262BY) WNGY WOAM WPBG WPEO WPIA WPMJ WSWT WVEL WWCT WXCL WZPN WZPW W278AE

Nearby radio markets Burlington Chicago Decatur LaSalle–Peru Quad Cities Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois

NPR member stations in the state of Illinois

Stations	Carbondale WSIU Chicago WBEZ DeKalb WNIU Edwardsville WSIE Elgin WEPS Freeport WNIE Galesburg WVKC Glen Ellyn WDCB Kankakee WBEK LaSalle WNIW Macomb WIUM Morris WBEQ Mt. Vernon WVSI Normal WGLT Olney WUSI Peoria WCBU Pittsfield WIPA Quincy WQUB Rock Island WVIK Rockford WNIJ Springfield WUIS Sterling WNIQ Urbana WILL Urbana WILL-FM Warsaw WIUW

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

Illinois college radio stations

WCBU Bradley University WCRX Columbia College Chicago WCSF University of St. Francis WDCB College of DuPage WEIU Eastern Illinois University WESN Illinois Wesleyan University WETN Wheaton College WGLT Illinois State University WHPK University of Chicago WIIT Illinois Institute of Technology WJMU Millikin University WKKC Kennedy–King College WLCA Lewis and Clark Community College WLKL Lake Land College WLNX Lincoln College WLRA Lewis University WLUW Loyola University Chicago WMXM Lake Forest College WNUR-FM Northwestern University WONC North Central College WONU Olivet Nazarene University WPCD Parkland College WQUB Quincy University WRSE Elmhurst College WSIE Southern Illinois University Edwardsville WSIU Southern Illinois University WUIS University of Illinois at Springfield WVIK Augustana College WVJC Wabash Valley College WVKC Knox College WXAV Saint Xavier University WZND-LP Illinois State University WZRD Northeastern Illinois University Northern Illinois University WNIE WNIJ WNIQ WNIU WNIW University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign WILL WPGU Western Illinois University WIUM WIUS WIUW

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

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