WWFM

WWFM (FM, "The Classical Network") is a classical music radio station, which is owned and operated by Mercer County Community College. The flagship station is licensed to the Trenton/Princeton area and operates from the West Windsor campus of MCCC. The Classical Network owns and operates WWFM, WWNJ, WWCJ, and WWPJ. It also broadcasts in the Philadelphia market on digital (HD) radio on 89.5 HD2.

WWFM
CityTrenton, New Jersey
Frequency89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
(HD Radio via WYPA-HD2)
BrandingThe Classical Network
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatFM/HD1: Classical
HD2: Jazz "JazzOn2"
HD3: MCCC Student Radio "Viking 89"
Ownership
OwnerMercer County Community College
History
First air dateSeptember 6, 1982
Call sign meaningWWFM (As in this station is FM)
Technical information
Facility ID41194
ClassA
ERP1,150 watts
HAAT89 meters (292 feet)
Translator(s)See § Translators
Repeater(s)See § Other Classical Network stations
Links
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Websitewwfm.org

The Classical Network offers exclusive specialty programs including The Piano Matters, What Makes It Great, Between the Keys, Kid on Keys, PostClassical, The Dress Circle, Sounds Choral, Well-Tempered Baroque, Distant Mirror, Half Past, In A Broadway Minute, The Lyric Stage, The Lost Chord, Picture Perfect, Bach at One, Celebrating Our Music Future, and Celebrating Our Musical Community. The Classical Network partners with prestigious music schools, professional ensembles and concert series presenters for concert broadcasts including Princeton University, Westminster Choir College, Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University, Mannes School of Music, Rutgers University, Temple University, Oberlin College, Northwestern University, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The Princeton Symphony Orchestra and The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

The Classical Network is award-winning, having won the 2014 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Radio Broadcast Award for WWFM and for the program "Cadenza," produced and hosted by David Osenberg. In 2017 WWFM Artist-in-Residence Jed Distler won the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for his WWFM program "Between the Keys." "The Piano Matters" host David Dubal has also been recognized with an ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award as well as with a George Foster Peabody Award for his previous work in radio and as an author. WWFM hosts Rachel Katz and Bill Zagorski have been recognized with a New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists Award for the program "Vera's Story," a story of survival through the Holocaust. WWFM's Ted Otten and Michael Kownacky have been awarded a National Federation of Community Broadcasters Silver Reel Award for their program "The Dress Circle."

In addition to the radio frequencies listed below, The Classical Network and JazzOn2 are heard worldwide through Internet streaming at www.wwfm.org.

HD multicasts

WWFM-HD2 is "JazzOn2", which runs a traditional Jazz format. WWFM-HD3 is "Viking 89", MCCC student radio. WXPN's XPoNential Radio service airs on the HD3 when Mercer students are not on the air. "JazzOn2" is also on the HD2 channel of WWNJ.

Other Classical Network stations
Call sign Frequency City of license ERP
W		 Class FCC info
WWCJ89.1 FM (HD)Cape May, New Jersey13,500B1FCC
WWNJ91.1 FM (HD)Toms River Township, New Jersey5,800AFCC
WWPJ89.5 FM (HD)Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania100AFCC

Translators
Broadcast translators of WWFM
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
K216FW91.1 FMSteamboat Springs, Colorado10DFCC
W224AU92.7 FMAllentown, Pennsylvania8DFCC
W245AC96.9 FMHarmony Township, New Jersey10DFCC
Broadcast translators of WWPJ
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
W226AA93.1 FMEaston, Pennsylvania150DFCC
Broadcast translators of WWCJ
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
W239AB91.3Dover, Delaware153DFCC

The Classical Network on HD2 in Philadelphia region

The Classical Network's programming is also available on the HD2 channel of WYPA in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on 89.5 HD2.

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