WORW (91.9 FM, "The Wave") is a
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 located in
Port Huron Northern High School broadcasting a
CHR/
Top 40
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format. Licensed to
Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron is a city in and seat of government of St. Clair County, Michigan, United States. The population was 28,983 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the west by Port Huron Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
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, it first began
broadcasting
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on September 30, 1981.
In fall of 2005, Faculty Advisor Carrie Maggs updated the high school radio station's studio with an automation system allowing the station to begin broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Today the current Faculty Advisor is Ronald Neal and is also a speech teacher and broadcasting teacher.
The current transmission range for the station is approximately 13 miles from the tower at 150watts (located at
Port Huron Northern High School).
WORW TV is 91.9FM's student-run and produced TV station also located in
Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron is a city in and seat of government of St. Clair County, Michigan, United States. The population was 28,983 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the west by Port Huron Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
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. They started producing news, sports, and community news packages in 2016.
[WORW TV's Official Site]
External links
The Wave FacebookOfficial Radio SiteOfficial TV SiteWORW District site
References
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WORW's Official Information Page
ORW
Radio stations established in 1981
High school radio stations in the United States
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
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