WQED-FM (89.3

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licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by

WQED Multimedia WQED Multimedia is an American nonprofit corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that owns and operates three public broadcasting stations: * Television station WQED (TV) (VHF channel 4) * Radio stations WQED-FM (89.3 FM Pittsburgh) and WQE ...

, and broadcasts a classical format. It is a sister station to the Pittsburgh area's

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member station,

WQED (TV) WQED (channel 13) is a PBS member television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by WQED Multimedia, it is sister to public radio station WQED-FM (89.3). The two outlets share studios on Fifth Avenue near the Carnegie ...

. Both stations broadcast from a shared tower located on the main campus of the

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at (). WQED-FM annually produces a 26-week series of

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broadcasts for distribution via the

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. WQED-FM uses

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, and broadcasts archived concert performances by local performance groups on its HD2 subchannel. WQED-FM is Local Primary Emergency Alert System Station 2 for the Pittsburgh Extended area.

History

The station began broadcasting on January 25, 1973, and began using

in January 2006. HD2 programming began in 2012.

Simulcast

One full power station

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s the programming of WQED-FM:

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