91.3 wyep slogan where the music matters frequency 91.3 mhz also on hd radio channel 217 first air date april 30 1974 format freeform radio format erp 18 000 watts haat 116 meters class b1 owner pittsburgh community broadcasting corp. sister stations wesa webcast listen live website http www.wyep.org 91.3 wyep is a non commercial radio station with a aaa format ; it airs music programming 24 hours a day . it is run by the pittsburgh community broadcasting corporation operates on 91.3 mhz with an erp of 18 kw and is licensed to pittsburgh pennsylvania . history edit wyep a non commercial independent radio station began broadcasting on april 30 1974 on 91.5 mhz channel 218 . prior to using its own frequency the pittsburgh community broadcasting corporation the licensee which was incorporated in 1972 solely for the purpose of building and operating a community based non commercial radio station produced three hourly music and public affairs programs under agreement with wduq pittsburgh formerly owned by duquesne university 90.5 mhz . the programs scheduled at 4 p.m. provided an example of the content wyep would broadcast . the radio station studios were constructed by volunteers . it was located in the south oakland area of pittsburgh 4 cable place in a former police horse stable . in its early days it was principally operated by volunteers knowledgeable in music or an area of public affairs . in 1982 after a period when the station was off the air wyep fm moved to 91.3 mhz channel 217 and upgraded their signal to 18 kw . transmission facilities were moved from atop the cathedral of learning on the university of pittsburgh campus to a tower above the monongahela river near hazelwood . in 1987 the station reorganized and relocated their broadcast facility to the campus of chatham university in pittsburgh s east end . in 1994 the station moved to birmingham place on the south side of pittsburgh . in early 2006 the station began broadcasting from the new wyep community broadcast center located in the bedford square section of pittsburgh s south side . in september 2006 the wyep community broadcast center received a leed nc silver rating making it environmentally friendly and the first green station in the nation 1 . in 2011 wyep purchased the license for radio station wduq from duquesne university and launched an npr news and information format station 90.5 wesa . the staff and management of 90.5 wesa co located at the community broadcast center . in 2014 wyep celebrated its 40th anniversary on the air . in 2016 the boards of wyep and wesa merged becoming the pittsburgh community broadcasting corp. wyep is a national public radio member . it broadcasts and streams music programming 24 hours a day . daily mix programs produced at the station by its professional staff air monday friday 6am 6pm and programs by local volunteer hosts air overnight and on weekends . it broadcasts a limited amount of programming produced elsewhere including world cafe and the thistle and shamrock . pittsburgh portal radio portal external links edit wyep official website query the fcc s fm station database for wyep radio locator information on wyep query nielsen audio s fm station database for wyep v t e radio stations in the pittsburgh market by am frequency 540 590 620 660 680 730 770 810 860 910 940 970 1020 1080 1150 1210 1250 1280 1320 1360 1380 1410 1450 1460 1480 1490 1510 1550 1570 1640 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage by fm frequency 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.1 90.5 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.3 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.7 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.55 digital radio 89.3 1 89.3 2 90.5 1 90.5 2 90.5 3 91.3 1 92.9 1 92.9 2 92.9 3 92.9 4 93.7 1 93.7 2 94.5 1 94.5 2 96.1 1 96.1 2 96.9 1 96.9 2 96.9 3 96.9 4 99.7 1 100.7 1 100.7 2 100.7 3 102.5 1 102.5 2 105.9 1 105.9 2 107.9 1 107.9 2 107.9 3 by callsign kdka kdka fm kfx300 kih35 kqv w261ax wamo wanb waob waob fm wavl wbgg wbjv wbut wbvp wbzz wcal wcns wcyj wdig wdsy fm wdve wedo wegw wesa wfsj lp wfgi wgbn wglz whjb wisr wiup wjas wjpa wjpa fm wjst wkbn wkfb wkgo wkhb wkpl wkst wkst fm wkve wlcy wler wlsw wltj wmba wmbs wmny whot wmug lp wnjr wogg wogh wogi wohi word wpgb wpgp wpgr wphp wpit wpkl wpkv wpts fm wqed wqmu wqtw wrct wrrk wshh wsru wtym wukl wvkf wvnp wwcs wwnl wwsw wwva wxdx wyep wyfu wzum wzum fm defunct wkzv 1110 am wasp 1130 am wbgi 1340 am wstv 1340 am wzum 1590 am pennsylvania radio markets allentown bethlehem altoona bradford coudersport chambersburg waynesboro erie harrisburg lebanon carlisle lancaster montrose new castle philadelphia pittsburgh reading sayre towanda mansfield wellsboro wilkes barre scranton williamsport york other pennsylvania radio regions bedford indiana johnstown lewistown mifflintown meadville franklin punxsutawney dubois st. marys emporium kane state college 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