Troy University Public Radio

Troy University Public Radio is a network of public radio stations based in Troy, Alabama, USA that serve southeastern Alabama and parts of western Georgia and northwestern Florida with classical music, folk music, and jazz programs, as well as news and feature programs from the National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media networks. The stations are licensed to Troy University, on whose main campus the studios are located. 
Three stations comprise the network:
*WTSU 89.9--Troy/Montgomery (flagship). Signal reaches a region extending from Montgomery to the state line of Florida.
*WRWA 88.7--Dothan. Signal covers the southeastern corner of the state, extending eastward into the southwestern tip of Georgia and southward into the Florida panhandle.
*WTJB 91.7--Columbus, Georgia/Phenix City. Signal reaches a region extending about 30 miles in both directions from the Chattahoochee River.
==History==
WTSU-FM started broadcasting on March 1, 1977 as the state's third public radio station (the callsign stands for the university's name then, "Troy State University," a part of the Alabama higher education system), and the first south of Birmingham. WTSU originally broadcast at 90.1 MHz with a power of 50,000 watts; by 1981, it moved to its present frequency of 89.9, doubling its wattage to 100,000. Programming from the start was a blend of news and classical music, combined with an automated block of "beautiful music" between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Troy University Public Radio discontinued the easy-listening daytime format in 1993.
The station would expand into nearby territories in the 1980s, adding the frequencies in Columbus in 1984 and, a year later, Dothan. On January 1, 2000, Troy University Public Radio began broadcasting 24 hours per day.
Public Radio is one component of Troy University's Broadcast and Digital Network; the other is "TrojanVision", a student-operated television channel seen on several cable systems throughout southeastern Alabama. The Broadcast and Digital Network enlist students from the Hall School of Journalism as staffers.
Troy University Public Radio set a tentative date of May 2010 to begin streaming all three HD channels. HD-2 consists of the all-music Classical 24 network, while HD-3 airs news programs from the BBC World Service.
==Weekday hosts==
*Ann Hart--"Morning Edition"
*Carolyn Hutchinson--"Community Focus," middays
*Fred Azbell--"All Things Considered"; late afternoons
==References==
==External links==
*Troy University Public Radio
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Category:Radio stations in Alabama
Category:Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:National Public Radio member networks
Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1978