WETA is a noncommercial, public radio station in Washington, DC broadcasting a classical music format on 90.9 FM. Its studios are located in Arlington, Virginia. The station covers the Washington metro area with the highest effective radiated power of any FM station in the area at 75,000 watts. It has an HD Radio simulcast at 90.9 FM HD and operates simulcasting stations WGMS-FM 89.1 in Hagerstown, Maryland and at W205BL-FM 88.9 in Frederick, Mar...
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WETA is a noncommercial, public radio station in Washington, DC broadcasting a classical music format on 90.9 FM. Its studios are located in Arlington, Virginia. The station covers the Washington metro area with the highest effective radiated power of any FM station in the area at 75,000 watts. It has an HD Radio simulcast at 90.9 FM HD and operates simulcasting stations WGMS-FM 89.1 in Hagerstown, Maryland and at W205BL-FM 88.9 in Frederick, Maryland.
From 1970 through early 2005, WETA featured a mixed format of classical music, folk music, jazz, and news. It switched to a predominantly news and talk format from February 28, 2005 until January 22, 2007, when it switched to its current all-classical format. The switch was part of an unusual deal between the public radio station and commercial station WGMS (FM), which abandoned the classical music format it had aired for decades after an attempt to sell WGMS to Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder failed. The FCC subsequently granted...
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