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Lakeshore Public Media to simulcast WBAA News beginning July 6

Y2kTheNewOldies

Y2kTheNewOldies

www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org

Lakeshore Public Media to simulcast WBAA News beginning July 6

Lakeshore Public Media announced today that beginning July 6, its radio station WLPR 89.1 FM will simulcast WBAA News 101.3 FM, securing continued access to trusted public radio programming in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland.
www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org

This is in response to the cuts Lakeshore Public media faced and they are rebroadcasting local news content from WBAA Indianapolis.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org

Lakeshore Public Media to simulcast WBAA News beginning July 6

Lakeshore Public Media announced today that beginning July 6, its radio station WLPR 89.1 FM will simulcast WBAA News 101.3 FM, securing continued access to trusted public radio programming in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland.
www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org

This is in response to the cuts Lakeshore Public media faced and they are rebroadcasting local news content from WBAA Indianapolis.
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To nitpick, WBAA is based in West Lafayette, and has been run by Metropolitain Indianapolis Public Media (WFYI) since 2022. Besides, is there any NPR programming available in NW Indiana that isn't already aired by WBEZ Chicago?
 
KeithE4 said:
To nitpick, WBAA is based in West Lafayette, and has been run by Metropolitain Indianapolis Public Media (WFYI) since 2022. Besides, is there any NPR programming available in NW Indiana that isn't already aired by WBEZ Chicago?
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No. However, I'm not altogether sure that WBEZ-FM can be heard well throughout northwest Indiana outside of the border cities of Gary and Hammond.
 
ted chittenden said:
No. However, I'm not altogether sure that WBEZ-FM can be heard well throughout northwest Indiana outside of the border cities of Gary and Hammond.
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Unless somethings changed since the early 1990s, WBEZ was able to make it to Rensselaer along I-65 back then. I used to drive between Chicago and Indianapolis a couple times a year, and I was a regular listener back then.
 
The main difference between WBEZ and WLPR is the local/regional content. WLPR's community of license, Lowell, Ind., is about an hour by car from the Loop in downtown Chicago, so things like Chicago traffic and reportage on Chicago crime, politics or sports aren't super relevant.

WLPR had previously aired statewide reports from Indiana Public Broadcasting stations, covering the statehouse and syndicating reports from other stations in the group, but that organization disbanded late last year. I'm not sure how much local/regional content they have now. Probably not much.
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
WLPR had previously aired statewide reports from Indiana Public Broadcasting stations, covering the statehouse and syndicating reports from other stations in the group, but that organization disbanded late last year. I'm not sure how much local/regional content they have now. Probably not much.
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Correct. Here's the background on IPBS and its defunding.

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Indiana Public Broadcasters Cut News Team After State Defunding - Radio Ink

After Indiana lawmakers defunded public broadcasting, IPBS is shutting down its eight-person statewide news team.
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It sounds like the stations are trying to fill the void by sharing content. A similar thing is happening in New York State.

www.wamc.org

New York’s public media stations are building a statewide network

WAMC joins the New York Public News Network to unite a dozen newsrooms across the state to provide better journalism for all New Yorkers.
www.wamc.org www.wamc.org

New York Public News Network

Get statewide news from the New York Public News Network (NYPNN), a collaboration of 12 public media newsrooms across New York state, including WRVO.
www.wrvo.org www.wrvo.org
 
While we're on the subject of fallout from the lack of public funding for public radio, I've noticed that the University of Arizona has cancelled its construction permit for full power station KUUA that had been licensed to ST. Johns, AZ, at 89.1 mHz, presumably because the funding was no longer available for any further expansion like that. After traveling through the area several times (the last time being in 2002), I can tell you that Show Low's KNAA (whose transmitter is closer to McNary) does not get up into that area. If you have a topnotch receiver, you just might pick up Gallup's KGLP (91.7 mHz) or the native American KTDB (89.5 mHz) from Ramah, NM, but that's about it for NPR in the area.
 


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