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David Dye (broadcaster)
David Dye is an American radio broadcaster, best known as the host of WXPN-FM's nationally syndicated music show '' World Cafe'' from 1991 to 2017."David Dye stepping down from World Cafe" '''', November 15, 2016. Dye began his broadcasting career as a host on WMMR-FM. He then worked for stations in before returning to the |
WXPN-FM
WXPN (88.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a non-commercial, public broadcasting, public radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that broadcasts an adult album alternative (AAA) radio format, along with many other format shows. WXPN produces ''World Cafe (radio program), World Cafe'', a music program distributed by NPR to many non-commercial stations in the United States. The station's call sign, which is often abbreviated to XPN, stands for "Experimental Pennsylvania Network". The broadcast tower used by WXPN is located at (), in the antenna farm complex in the Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roxborough section of Philadelphia. History While the University of Pennsylvania has been involved with radio since 1909 when a wireless station was located in Houston Hall, WXPN itself first came into existence in 1945 as a carrier current station at 730 AM broadcasting, AM. In 1957, it was gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
