WRTI

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WRTI

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Delaware Valley
Frequency	90.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format	Classical (days) Jazz (nights)
Subchannels	HD2: Jazz - Classical
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange American Public Media
Ownership
Owner	Temple University (Board of Trustees)
History
First air date	July 9, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-07-09) (originally carrier current 1948-53)
Call sign meaning	Radio Training Institute[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65190
Class	B
ERP	7,700 watts
HAAT	371 meters (1,217 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°2′30″N 75°14′10.1″W / 40.04167°N 75.236139°W / 40.04167; -75.236139 (WRTI)
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Repeater(s)	See § Simulcasts
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wrti.org

WRTI (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a service of Temple University, with the university's board of trustees holding the station's license. The studios are on Cecil B. Moore Avenue in Philadelphia. WRTI plays classical music from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and jazz all night. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology, using its digital subchannel to reverse this schedule. On WRTI-HD2, jazz is heard by day, classical music at night. News updates are provided by National Public Radio. The station holds periodic fundraisers on the air and on line.

WRTI is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 7,700 watts. The transmitter is in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia at (40°2′30.1″N 75°14′10.1″W / 40.041694°N 75.236139°W / 40.041694; -75.236139).^[3] Its tower is shared with several Philadelphia-area FM and TV stations. WRTI programming is also heard on a network of repeater stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.