WABE Classical HD2

A digital subchannel of WABE, the non-commercial educational public radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, broadcasting classical music programming on its HD2 signal. The parent station, WABE 90.1 FM, was established by the Atlanta Board of Education, which received its construction permit on October 16, 1947, with full-time service beginning on September 13, 1948. WABE is owned by Atlanta Public Schools and remains licensed to the Atlanta Board of Education. The primary WABE signal carries a general public radio schedule affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR), featuring local hosts including Lois Reitzes and Rose Scott, and is home to the Peabody Award-winning podcast "Buried Truths," hosted by Hank Klibanoff. The HD2 classical subchannel extends the station's public service mission by providing dedicated classical music programming to listeners equipped with HD Radio receivers. In September 1994, a nonprofit corporation — the Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative, Inc. — was established to provide financial, promotional, and volunteer support for WABE and its sister outlets, which include PBS member station WABE-TV (channel 30) and Atlanta Public Schools cable channel 22. All outlets share facilities on Bismark Road in the Morningside/Lenox Park neighborhood. WABE's signal reaches much of northwestern and north-central Georgia, making it the dominant public radio presence in the metropolitan Atlanta area.