WGTD (91.1 FM) is a

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licensed to

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, and serving Racine and eastern

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Counties along with

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. Owned by Gateway Technical College, the station is affiliated with

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. It airs the "WPR News" network, consisting of news and talk programming. WGTD occasionally breaks away from WPR to air local programming and Kenosha-focused newscasts. WGTD is a Class A FM station. It has an

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(ERP) of 3,200

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s. Programming is also heard on two

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s: 101.7 FM in Elkhorn and 103.3 FM in

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. The parent station can be heard with local signal strength from

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, to the southern boarder of Milwaukee county. Translators provide coverage to most of southern Walworth county. Until the realignment of WPR's networks on May 20, 2024, WGTD was part of WPR's "News and Classical Music" network.

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programming was moved to WGTD's HD3 channel, which carries the "WPR Music" network; "WPR Music" is also heard in part of WGTD's coverage area on its Milwaukee station,

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HD Radio

WGTD offers two additional

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s on

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: *HD2: "Jazz Blues 24/7", an

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and

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format. *HD3: "WPR Music", which primarily offers classical music.

Translators

WGTD is relayed by two additional FM translator stations to serve western Racine and Kenosha, and the

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region of Walworth County. Currently these translators offer only analog service, with no HD Radio subchannels. In 2024, the Elkhorn translator changed locations from an old municipal tower near Elkhorn's town square to a taller municipal tower near the Walworth County Courthouse.

External links

WGTD official websiteWisconsin Public Radio
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References

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