WCLK
WCLK (91.9 FM) – branded Jazz 91.9 – is a non-commercial jazz radio station licensed to serve Atlanta, Georgia. Owned by Clark Atlanta University, the station covers much of the Atlanta metropolitan area.[1][2] The WCLK studios are located on the Clark University campus at the Robert W. Woodruff Library, while the station transmitter is located in Atlanta's North Druid Hills section. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WCLK broadcasts over two HD Radio digital subchannels,[3] and is available online.
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| City | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Atlanta |
| Frequency | 91.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Jazz 91.9 |
| Slogan | The Jazz of the City |
| Programming | |
| Format | Jazz HD2: Jazz |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Clark Atlanta University |
| History | |
| First air date | April 10, 1974 |
| Call sign meaning | CLarK |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 11675 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 480 watts |
| HAAT | 302 meters (991 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33° 48' 26" N, 84° 20' 22" W |
| Translator(s) | 89.7 W209CG (Tallapoosa) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | wclk |
History
On April 10, 1974, WCLK signed on the air.[4] Initially, it only broadcast at 54 watts, on a 340 foot tower. Its coverage area was only a few miles around Clark University. Over time, its power and antenna height were upgraded, giving the station a signal that covers all of Atlanta and its adjacent suburbs. WCLK was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit in early 2009 to downgrade its effective radiated power (ERP) from 6,000 watts to 480 watts, but its antenna height above average terrain was more than tripled, going to 991 feet from 308 feet, so its overall coverage area remains the same.
WCLK previously aired several NPR talk and information shows not heard on Atlanta's principal NPR station, WABE, during the time that WABE's schedule included blocks of classical music. When WABE switched to news and talk for most of the day starting in 2014, WCLK dropped the NPR talk shows to go with a schedule of mostly jazz music, but remains affiliated with NPR for some news and jazz programming.
WCLK collaborated with the City of Atlanta to create the Jazz of the City Atlanta portrait featuring over 100 jazz musicians surrounding Mayor Shirley Franklin in the Atlanta City Hall Atrium. The color photograph by Seve "Obasina" Adigun and Gregory Turner, taken in April 2007, mirrors the iconic, classic, black-and-white image, A Great Day in Harlem 1958 by Art Kane.
Nationally distributed shows produced at WCLK include Jazz in the New Millennium and The SOUL of Jazz. Both are distributed by the African-American Public Radio Consortium.[5]
WCLK was relayed by two broadcast translators, whose ranges were entirely within its main broadcast area. Its former six-watt translator W250BC in Riverdale was sold for $100,000 to Extreme Media Group in November 2007, then to commercial broadcaster Cumulus Media in February 2009. WCLK was then relayed by W275BK in Decatur, which was 170 watts on 102.9, owned by the Radio Assist Ministry.
WCLK currently has an FM translator, W209CG, 89.7 MHz in Tallapoosa, Georgia.
References
- "WCLK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- "WCLK Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- "HD Radio Station Guide". HD Radio. iBiquity.
- Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 page C-46
- AAPRC - Programs
External links
- WCLK in the FCC's FM station database
- WCLK on Radio-Locator
- WCLK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database