WPTS Radio - WPTS-FM - FM 92.1 - Pittsburgh, PA

WPTS is an educational, non-commercial FM station owned by the University of Pittsburgh and operated by its students. Located at a frequency of 92.1 in the commercial band of the FM dial, we have a radiating power of 17 Watts, and an effective radiated output of 17 Watts. Our transmitter is located …atop the Cathedral of Learning, 530 feet above the ground. This greatly enhances our broadcast radius, which averages about 30 miles. WPTS entered the Pittsburgh FM market on August 26, 1984 at 6P, the FM status resulting from a long and grueling application process. WPTS itself evolved from WPGH, an AM carrier-current station which broadcast to the Pitt Student Union and dormitories. WPGH began in the fall of 1957, when 12 students formed the Student Broadcasting Association with the intent of starting a college radio station for Pitt. The group was led by Adrian Cronauer, whose experiences in Vietnam are the basis of the movie Good Morning Vietnam. (Not too many stations can say Robin Williams played their founder in a big flick!)