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class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Indiana Public Radio</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Public radio">Public radio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1952</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>B</b>all <b>ST</b>ate</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3645</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">A</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">91 meters (299 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Transmitter coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indianapublicradio.org">indianapublicradio.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Professors19781215.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Professors19781215.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Professors19781215.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Professors19781215.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Professors19781215.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Professors19781215.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Professors19781215.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1938" data-file-height="1344" /></a><figcaption>Dr. Bracken and other Ball State officials examining the new WBST transmitter.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>WBST</b> (92.1 FM) is a <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>-affiliated station in <a href="/wiki/Muncie,_Indiana" title="Muncie, Indiana">Muncie, Indiana</a>. Studios and offices are located at <a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a>. WBST serves as the flagship station for Indiana Public Radio, which can be heard on three other stations in East-Central Indiana. </p><p>Programming mainly consists of news and talk programs provided by <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a> began his broadcasting career at this station. Beginning as a "disc jockey, Letterman was frequently late for work and sneaked forbidden cigarettes into the studio, thus getting on the wrong side of Tom Watson."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later fired for treating classical music with irreverence.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brief_History">Brief History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBST&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Brief History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1950, <a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a> first introduced radio to campus and city of Muncie. Beginning as a minor project of Robert Robins and situated in the basement at North Hall, WBST quickly grew and expanded.<sup id="cite_ref-tbss_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 240">: 240 </span></sup> Occurring as a result of an expansive building program, WBST relocated to the Center for Radio and Television and by 1960, had acquired a 10-watt transmitter which allowed their broadcasts to reach the entire campus.<sup id="cite_ref-tbss_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 130">: 130 </span></sup> Soon, however, this change would not be enough as less than 6 years later, Ball State would demand and receive the rights to build a new radio tower which increased their wattage from 10 to 3,000 which allowed the station to enjoy a larger range which it now still utilizes as of 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_Tower_Controversy">Radio Tower Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBST&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Radio Tower Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Ball State was expanding in the post <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> years, it became apparent that they needed to improve their radio programming. All across the United States, colleges and universities began creating or improving upon their radio and television broadcasting capabilities, and Ball State was quick to adapt.<sup id="cite_ref-slot_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slot-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This eventually led officials to allocate around $75,000 to help fund the construction for a new site, tower, and transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after the tower's new site along Nebo Road in North Muncie was established, citizens began to express concerns pertaining to decreased property values as a result of the tower, poor television reception caused by interference, and zoning problems.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After much debate and threats of Injunctions against the University, this tower was finally completed in the summer of 1978 and WBST could now reach much of East-Central Indiana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broader_Context">Broader Context</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBST&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Broader Context"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the end of World War II, American colleges and universities became engorged with a "veteran bulge" as thousands of former military personnel took advantage of the <a href="/wiki/G.I._Bill" title="G.I. Bill">G.I. Bill</a>, and pursued higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-tbss_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 128">: 128 </span></sup> This then promoted a growth in various educational programs such as radio and later television. This surge in interest then permitted the use of such programs for educational purposes such as listening to school broadcasts, educational records, government speeches, radio courses, school sponsored programs.<sup id="cite_ref-pbp_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 118">: 118 </span></sup> </p><p>A growing concern pertaining to the direction university-run radio would lead, seemed to emerge while this growth was occurring. This issue related to the topic of whether or not University radio would be devoted to commercialization or <a href="/wiki/Public_broadcasting" title="Public broadcasting">public radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-slot_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slot-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 265">: 265 </span></sup> Many universities, attempting to blend the two concepts, consequently struggled as "they could not overcome the fundamental contradiction."<sup id="cite_ref-slot_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slot-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 262">: 262 </span></sup> However, this was a concept that Ball State, as well as many other universities attempted, as in 1951, WBST introduced commercials to their programming.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pbp_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 119">: 119 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conclusion">Conclusion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBST&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conclusion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Overall then, after World War II, collegiate radio programs grew all over the country and Ball State University was no exception. Having humble beginnings with a 10 watt transmitter and no real place to operate, WBST grew to 3,000 watts, employed a devoted staff, a scholarly program, from which <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a> was a part, and an expensive tower that increased the range of the station. WBST, similar to the programs across the country, grew during this time and became an important addition to Ball State University. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indiana_Public_Radio">Indiana Public Radio</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBST&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Indiana Public Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997, programming from WBST expanded to 4 newly licensed full power stations, also owned by <a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a>, to bring the rest of East-central Indiana an outlet for Public Radio. One of these stations, <a href="/wiki/WZJR" title="WZJR">WBSJ</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Indiana" title="Portland, Indiana">Portland, Indiana</a>, went off the air on January 4, 2019 due to the failure of its transmitter, and the university decided against replacing the transmitter due to the cost. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_North_America" title="Call signs in North America">Call sign</a></th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Center_frequency" title="Center frequency">Frequency</a></th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a></th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID"><abbr title="Facility ID">FID</abbr></a></th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power"><abbr title="Effective radiated power">ERP</abbr></a> (<a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt"><abbr title="watt">W</abbr></a>)</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain"><abbr title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</abbr></a></th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">FCC info </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">WBSB </th> <td>89.5 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_Indiana" title="Anderson, Indiana">Anderson, Indiana</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">3650</td> <td style="text-align: right;">400</td> <td>111 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a> (364 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">ft</a>)</td> <td>A</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=3650">LMS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">WBSH </th> <td>91.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Indiana" title="Hagerstown, Indiana">Hagerstown, Indiana</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">3648</td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,000 vertical<br />300 horizontal</td> <td>66 m (217 ft)</td> <td>B1</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=3648">LMS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">WBSW </th> <td>90.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Indiana" title="Marion, Indiana">Marion, Indiana</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">3649</td> <td style="text-align: right;">2,400 vertical<br />1,000 horizontal</td> <td>94 m (308 ft)</td> <td>A</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=3649">LMS</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Bruce Geelhoed (2001). <i>Ball State University: An Interpretive History</i>. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 168.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ball+State+University%3A+An+Interpretive+History.&rft.place=Bloomington%2C+Indiana&rft.pages=168&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.au=Edmonds%2C+Anthony+O.+and+E.+Bruce+Geelhoed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWBST" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indianapublicradio.org/about/stationhistory/">A short history of WBST and Indiana Public Radio</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tbss-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tbss_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tbss_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tbss_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1967" class="citation book cs1">White, Glenn (1967). <i>The Ball State Story: From Normal Institute to University</i>. 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July 6, 1878.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ball+State+Daily+News&rft.atitle=Word+Games+Should+Stop&rft.date=1878-07-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.bsu.edu%2Facademics%2Flibraries%2Fcollectionsanddept%2Fmadi%2Fdmr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWBST" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pbp-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pbp_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pbp_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2001" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Ronald (2001). <i>Play-by-Play: Radio Television, and Big-Time College Sports</i>. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Play-by-Play%3A+Radio+Television%2C+and+Big-Time+College+Sports&rft.place=Baltimore%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Ronald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWBST" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBST&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indianapublicradio.org">Indiana Public Radio official website</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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