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| Broadcast area | New Orleans metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 88.3 (MHz) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Radio reading service |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio For The Blind & Print Handicapped, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1982 |
Call sign meaning | Radio for the Blind & Handicapped |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 54575 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 51,000 watts |
| HAAT | 190 meters (623 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.WRBH.org |
WRBH (88.3 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana. It primarily provides a radio reading service for the blind and print-handicapped, without the usual use of a private subcarrier decoder. It is one of three such stations in the United States.[1] Services include readings of books, original programming, and readings of periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. WYPL in Memphis, Tennessee, provides similar services. The station also carries Tulane Green Wave sports, including Tulane's women's basketball and baseball.
The station's licensee is Radio For The Blind & Print Handicapped. The station has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 51,000 watts. The transmitter is located on Tournefort Street in Chalmette, Louisiana.[2]
- ^ Santarella, Jordan. “A Trip to WRBH: America's Only Full Time Reading Radio Station for the Blind.” ViaNolaVie, https://www.vianolavie.org/2017/05/02/a-trip-to-wrbh-americas-only-full-time-reading-radio-station-for-the-blind/ .
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WRBH