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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: Will Murphy (January 2011 - Current) (from CEO/Station Manager at WFHB)
Chief Engineer: Ed Didier
PD: Andrew Anderson
News Director: Phil Shaull
Jazz Director: Doug Gruber
Mornings: Morning Edition (5am - 9am)
Mid-Mornings: BBC Newshour (9am - 10am)
Late Mornings: The Diane Rehm Show (10am - 12pm)
Early Afternoons: Midday Matters (12pm - 1pm)
Early Afternoons: Fresh Air with Terry Gross (1pm - 2pm)
Mid-Afternoons: Talk of the Nation (2pm - 4pm)
Afternoons: All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
Early Evenings: American Routes (Monday 7pm - 9pm)
Nights: Guitar Showcase (Monday 9pm - 10pm)
Nights: Jazz with Clif Wallace (Monday 10pm - 12am)
Nights: Tossed Jazz Salad with Bob Mayer (Tuesday 7pm - 9pm)
Nights: Afterglow with David Brent Johnson (Tuesday 9pm - 10pm)
Nights: WBOI Presents (Wednesday 7pm - 8pm)
Nights: Meet the Music (Thursday 7pm - 9pm)
Nights: Little Brother Radio (Thursday 9pm - 12am)
Nights: Friday Vibe with Bill Forsysthe & Bruce Reidenbach (Friday 7pm - 11pm)
Nights: Night Lights with David Brent Johnson (Friday 11pm - 12am)
Weekends: Sound Medicine (Saturday 7am - 8am)
Weekends: Weekend Edition Saturday (Saturday 8am - 10am)
Weekends: Car Talk (Saturday 10am - 11am)
Weekends: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (Saturday 11am - 12pm)
Weekends: The Splendid Table (Saturday 12pm - 1pm)
Weekends: Only A Game (Saturday 1pm - 2pm)
Weekends: All That Jazz (Saturday 2pm - 5pm)
Weekends: All Things Considered (Saturday 5pm - 6pm)
Weekends: A Prairie Home Companion (Saturday 6pm - 8pm)
Weekends: Folktales (Saturday 8pm - 9pm)
Weekends: Saturday Fade (Saturday 9pm - 12am)
Weekends: Gospel Flight (Sunday 4am - 8am)
Weekends: Weekend Edition Sunday (Sunday 8am - 10am)
Weekends: Car Talk (Sunday 10am - 11am)
Weekends: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me - Encore (Sunday 11am - 12pm)
Weekends: The Vinyl Cafe (Sunday 12pm - 1pm)
Weekends: This American Life (Sunday 1pm - 2pm)
Weekends: The State We're In (Sunday 2pm - 3pm)
Weekends: Travel with Rick Steves (Sunday 3pm - 4pm)
Weekends: From the Top (Sunday 4pm - 5pm)
Weekends: All Things Considered (Sunday 5pm - 6pm)
Weekends: Connexxion Latina (Sunday 6pm - 7pm)
Weekends: Meet the Music (Encore) (Sunday 7pm - 8pm)
Weekends: The Burnt Toast Show (Sunday 8pm - 12am)

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/Production Director: J. Michael Venable
OM/PD: Kevin Kreigh (November 2009 - February 2011) (Now Production Director and Afternoons at WFGA)
News Director: Colleen Condron (July 1998 - ?)
Mornings: Jeanette Dillon (local host, during NPR's "Morning Edition")
Early Afternoons: "On Point" (1:00PM - 2:00PM) (February 8, 2010 - ?)
Early Afternoons: World Have Your Say (1pm - 2pm)

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. 91.3fm signed on February 2, 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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