WVPE
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| Broadcast area | Michiana |
| Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public Radio - News – Talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Elkhart Community Schools |
| History | |
First air date | May 1972 |
Call sign meaning | "The Voice of Progressive Education" |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 19365 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 11,500 watts |
| HAAT | 304 meters (997 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°36′49.2″N 86°11′20″W / 41.613667°N 86.18889°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live via iHeartRadio |
| Website | WVPE.org |
WVPE (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in Elkhart, Indiana. It is the National Public Radio member station for the Michiana region of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. It is owned by Elkhart Community Schools, with studios in the Elkhart Area Career Center on California Road.[1]
WVPE has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11,500 watts, using a directional antenna. The transmitter is off Johnson Road in South Bend.[2]
WVPE features programming from NPR, American Public Media and the Public Radio Exchange. On weekdays, the schedule is made up of news and information programming with local news updates: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Marketplace, On Point, Here and Now, Think and Q from the CBC.[3] Overnight, the BBC World Service is heard.
Weekends feature specialty shows, including The TED Radio Hour, The Moth Radio Hour, Big Picture Science, A Way with Words, The Splendid Table, Hidden Brain, On The Media and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Weekly music shows include Mountain Stage, Blues Revue, Jazz in the New Millennium and Acoustic Accents.
