WGGL-FM

WGGL-FM (91.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting for NPR. Licensed to Houghton, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1968 and has been owned and operated by Minnesota Public Radio since 1982. It carries a mix of classical music and news and information programming from that network.
WGGL began operations on March 28, 1968, as a ten-watt station owned and operated by Michigan Technological University. The initial programming schedule ran for only five hours a day (4 to 9 p.m.) five days a week (soon expanded to six with the addition of Sunday programming), and the station shut down during summer vacations and school holidays. Programming was an entirely locally originating hybrid of classical, jazz and folk music along with local interest programming. WGGL increased power to 250 watts in late 1969 and then to 100,000 watts in 1971; by then, the station had affiliated with the then-fledgling NPR. WGGL was transferred to Minnesota Public Radio in 1982 due to the university's financial inability to continue operating the station.
== Translator ==
== Sources ==
*Michiguide.com - WGGL-FM History
*A history of WGGL-FM
==External links==
*Station's web page.
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Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States
Category:Minnesota Public Radio