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The Essentials
Frequency: Formerly 91.3fm
Frequency: 89.1fm
City of License: Fort Wayne
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 34,000 watts @ 604 feet (Class B)
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: Bruce R. Haines
Assistant GM: Karen Fraser
Chief Engineer: Mike Peters
OM/Production Director: J. Michael Venable
News Director: Colleen Condron (July, 1998 - Current)
Station History
89.1fm signed on June 15, 1978. Formerly WIPU and WBNI.
The FCC approved the WBOI calls in their report of 10 July 2000. WBOI signed on 2 February 2002. WBOI
(then at 91.3fm/88.7fm) switched frequencies with the more powerful 89.1fm frequency on June 28, 2004.
RadioWatch Mentions
6 October 1998
16 June 1999
3 June 2000
1 July 2000
2 February 2002
21 January 2009
11 February 2009
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