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Broadcast area | Capital District |
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Frequency | 89.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
Programming | |
Format | Classical music |
Subchannels | HD2: Adult album alternative (WEXT simulcast) |
Affiliations | NPR |
Ownership | |
Owner | WMHT Educational Telecommunications |
WMHT (TV), WEXT | |
History | |
First air date | June 8, 1972 |
Call sign meaning | Mohawk–Hudson Television (from WMHT-TV) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 73266 |
Class | B |
ERP | 6,100 watts |
HAAT | 361 meters (1,184 ft) |
Translator(s) | HD2: 106.1 W291BY (Albany) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | classicalwmht.org |
WMHT-FM (89.1 MHz) is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station licensed to Schenectady, and serving the Capital District of New York. It has a classical music radio format, with most programming originating in-house, but with some shows and news from National Public Radio, American Public Media and the Public Radio Exchange. It is the sister station to WMHT Channel 17, the PBS member station for the Albany/Schenectady/Troy media market.
WMHT-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,100 watts. The transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment antenna farm on Pinnacle Road in New Salem, New York.[1] WMHT-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.[2]
WMHT-FM programming is also heard on a part-time basis on FM 88.7 WRHV in Poughkeepsie, which is involved in one of the last radio timeshare arrangements in the United States alongside State University of New York at New Paltz-owned WFNP-FM. From October 2005 to March 2006, WMHT-FM programming was also heard on co-owned FM 97.7 WBKK in Amsterdam. That station now airs an adult album alternative format, also heard on WMHT-FM's HD2 digital subchannel.