WBGO 88.3 FM

Studios and offices are located on Park Place (AKA "Wayne Shorter Way" as of April 2022) in downtown , and its transmitter is located at 4 Times Square in Manhattan. The station primarily plays jazz music. In addition the station airs public affairs programming, locally produced newscasts, and NPR-produced newscasts and programming. Originally owned by the Board of Education with studios in Central High School, it was established as the first public radio station in when in 1979 the broadcast license was transferred to Public Radio in cooperation with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. then became affiliated with NPR and went to a 24-hour broadcast format in 1980. While 's base of o