WGVE-FM is an FM

high school radio High school radio are radio stations located at high schools and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision. The oldest extant high school AM radio station is AM 1450 KBPS in Portland, Oregon. Portland radio station KBPS, first li ...

station

broadcasting Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...

on 88.7 MHz in

Gary, Indiana Gary ( ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 69,093 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it Indiana's List of municipalities in Indiana, eleventh-most populous city. The city has been historical ...

. It is owned and operated by

Gary Community School Corporation Gary Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in Gary, Indiana. The school district includes the majority of Gary. History In 2017, Gary Community Corp became the first school system in Indiana involved in a state tak ...

. The station airs local news, music, and limited

NPR National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

programming, as well as high school and college sporting events.

History

WGVE-FM signed on in January 1954, and originally broadcast at 88.1 MHz. In 1963, its frequency was changed to 88.7 MHz. Originally located at

Lew Wallace High School Lew Wallace High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. Staff The faculty included nearly 65 teachers. History In 1926 the 45th Avenue School of Gary, Indi ...

, it moved to its current location in the

Gary Area Career Center The Gary Area Career Center is a career and technical education (CTE) school governed by the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. The school opened in 1968 and was originally called the Gary Area Technical-Vocationa ...

in 1969.History Cards for WGVE-FM
fcc.gov. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

References

External links

WGVE webpage
* * GVE Mass media in Gary, Indiana High school radio stations in the United States NPR member stations Radio stations established in 1954 1954 establishments in Indiana {{Indiana-radio-station-stub