Note: This webpage is not affiliated with the radio station itself. For more information on how to contact the radio station, read below. If you have questions, e-mail us.

This Page Last Updated: Sunday 18 December 2011

The Essentials

Frequency: 94.1fm
Frequency: Formerly 89.1fm
Frequency: Formerly 91.3fm
City of License: Roanoke
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 6000 watts @ 328 feet (Class A)
Format: News/Classical/Jazz
Address: P.O. Box 8459, Fort Wayne, IN 46898-8459
Address: 3204 Clairmont Court, Fort Wayne, IN 46808-4513
Phone: 260.452.1189
FAX: 260.452.1188
Ownership: Public Broadcasting of Northeast Indiana, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s): NPR, PRI
Web Presence: http://www.wbni.org

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Will Murphy (from CEO/Station Manager at WFHB) (January 2011 - Current)
Chief Engineer: Ed Didier
PD: Andrew Anderson
Production Director: J. Michael Venable
Mornings: Classical Music (Monday 5am - 9am)
Mornings: Tea and Symphony with Robert O'Neil (Monday and Friday 9am - 12pm)
Middays: Matinee with Stan Whippo (12pm - 4pm)
Afternoons: Evensong with Robert Paul (Monday 4pm - 7pm)
Afternoons: Classical Music (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 4pm - 7pm)
Afternoons: Around the World in 180 minutes with Robert Paul (Wednesday 4pm - 7pm)
Early Evenings: Chicago Symphony (Monday 7pm - 9pm)
Early Evenings: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Tuesday 7pm - 9pm)
Early Evenings: Live at the Concertgebouw (Wednesday 7pm - 9pm)
Early Evenings: The New York Philharmonic (Thursday 7pm - 9pm)
Early Evenings: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Friday 7pm - 9pm)
Nights: The Modern Classical Experience with Doug Dennis (Monday 9pm - 11pm)
Nights: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (Wednesday 9pm - 11pm)
Overnights: Classical Music (Monday 11pm - Tuesday 12pm)
Overnights: Classical Music (Tuesday 9pm - Wednesday 12pm)
Overnights: Classical Music (Wednesday 11pm - Thursday 12pm)
Overnights: Classical Music (Thursday 9pm - Friday 9am)
Overnights: Classical Music (Friday 9pm - Saturday 9am)
Weekends: From The Top (Saturday 9am - 10am)
Weekends: Symphonically Yours with Rob Nylund (Saturday 10am - 11:30am)
Weekends: Best Seat In The House (Saturday 11:30am - 12:30pm)
Weekends: MET Opera (Saturday 1pm - 6pm)
Weekends: From The Top (Saturday 6pm - 7pm)
Weekends: Joshua's Corner (Saturday 7pm - 8pm)
Weekends: Lincoln Center Chamber Music (Saturday 8pm - 9pm)
Weekends: Keeping Score (Saturday 9pm - 10pm)
Weekends: Classical Music (Saturday 10pm - Sunday 6am)
Weekends: Sing for Joy (Sunday 6am - 6:30am)
Weekends: Guitar Showcase (Sunday 6:30am - 7am)
Weekends: Sunday Baroque (Sunday 7am - 11am)
Weekends: Con Brio with Stan Whippo (Sunday 11am - 2pm)
Weekends: Classical Music (Sunday 2pm - 5pm)
Weekends: Harmonia (Sunday 5pm - 6pm)
Weekends: Sunday Baroque (Sunday 6pm - 10pm)
Weekends: Classical Music (Sunday 10pm - Monday 5am)

Former

GM: Bruce R. Haines (Now GM at WFWA-TV)
GM: Joan Brown (2008 - December 2010)
Assistant GM: Karen Fraser
Chief Engineer: Mike Peters
OM/PD: Kevin Kreigh (November 2009 - February 2011) (Now Production Director and Afternoons at WFGA)
News Director: Colleen Condron (July 1998 - ?)
Newsperson: Bill Rice (? - March 1998)
Mornings: Brian Eckstein (September 1995 - December 1997)
Host: Rosalie Guillot ("Matinee", "Saturday Opera") (Deceased 21 January 2000)
Daniel Drayer
Tim Singleton (Now GM at WBAA(AM)/WBAA-FM)

Station History

WBNI's call letters just kept moving down the dial. Follow along, won't you?

WBNI-FM (89.1fm)

89.1fm signed on Thursday June 15, 1978 at 5pm. The 89.1fm frequency signed on in 1978 as WIPU.

WBNI-FM (91.3fm)

91.3fm signed on in 2002. In September 1998, WBNI announced they would be trying for an addition frequency to simulcast WBKE. The programming split occured on 2 February 2002, as WBOI (at 91.3fm) and translator W204BF (at 88.7fm) signed on. WBNI (then at 89.1fm) switched frequencies with WBOI (91.3fm) on 28 June 2004. Management decided that the WBNI calls meant "Classical" to listeners, so the WBNI call letters moved to 91.3fm and 89.1fm became WBOI.

WBNI-FM (94.1fm)

94.1fm signed on in 1992. With parent Public Broadcasting of Northeast Indiana, Inc.'s acquisition of 94.1fm for $1.75 million in early 2007, the WBNI calls moved from 91.3fm to 94.1fm on May 1, 2007 at 10:00AM.

For Further Reading...

Strudler, Shelby. "Alternative Airwaves." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 5 May 1999. Page 6D.

RadioWatch Mentions

5 October 1995
18 March 1998
23 September 1998
6 October 1998
10 Feburary 1999
16 June 1999
11 March 2000
1 July 2000
24 February 2007
20 October 2007
10 February 2008
11 February 2009

Back to the Stations Index
All pages Copyright Blaine Thompson. Articles, photos, corrections, and other contributions should be e-mailed to the editors.