WRKF-FM 89.3

WRKF-FM 89.3 is a non-commercial public radio station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, broadcasting on 89.3 FM. Owned by Public Radio, Inc., WRKF is an NPR member with a news-oriented public radio format, and it streams through its official website. WRKF signed on in 1980 as a community-based public radio station with NPR news, classical, jazz, folk, blues, big band, and adult standards programming. By the 1990s, it had largely moved to news and information. Local productions include Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster and Louisiana Things Considered, shared with WWNO in New Orleans. WRKF also broadcasts using HD Radio technology, airs Classical 24 on its HD-2 subchannel, and carries the BBC World Service overnight.