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WBRH (90.3 FM) is a
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-run jazz high school radio station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station, at
Baton Rouge Magnet High School Baton Rouge Magnet High School (BRMHS or Baton Rouge High) is a public magnet school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1880. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System with a student body of approximately 1500 stud ...
, broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 21 kW. It is owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, along with sister station KBRH (1260 AM). WBRH and KBRH are the only high school radio stations in the country operating 24 hours per day year-round.


History

WBRH went on the air on September 8,
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, at with 20 watts ERP as a launching pad for future broadcasters. It currently offers a contemporary and traditional jazz music format and airs NPR programming.


Audio Platform

www.WBRH.org.
Baton Rouge Magnet High School Baton Rouge Magnet High School (BRMHS or Baton Rouge High) is a public magnet school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1880. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System with a student body of approximately 1500 stud ...

www.WBRH.org


See also

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List of jazz radio stations in the United States This is a list of terrestrial, satellite and internet radio stations which identify themselves as playing jazz in any of its forms (mainstream, traditional, fusion, acid, and smooth, among others), or have substantial jazz programming, that can be ...


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Classic Jazz & Smooth Jazz, 90.3FM
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