WHGE-LP (95.3 FM) is a

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to serve the community of

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington (Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

. The station is owned by the Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware. It airs a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ...

format, focusing on Black cultural education. The station was assigned the WHGE-LP call letters by the

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on July 20, 2015.

References

External links

Official Website
* HGE-LP HGE-LP Radio stations established in 2018 2018 establishments in the United States Community radio stations in the United States New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-radio-station-stub