WBAA-AM, Indiana's longest continuously operating radio station, received its broadcast license in 1922. WBAA-FM began broadcasting in 1993. The two stations provide Purdue University students with opportunities for hands-on training in radio broadcasting, including credit internships for students majoring in communication and noncredit experience for volunteer announcers, producers, and writers. WBAA-AM and FM provide alternative public radio programming to thousands of mid-central Indiana and east-central Illinois listeners.

Diverse Programming
The radio format of WBAA-AM provides listeners with a diverse program of news, information, public affairs, jazz, folk and other eclectic music. The daytime broadcast radius of WBAA-AM is about 70 miles, making it accessible to more than half the population of the state — almost 2.5 million people.

WBAA-FM concentrates on classical music and fine arts programming. With a broadcast radius of approximately 20 miles, including Tippecanoe and most adjacent counties, WBAA-FM has the potential to reach more than 150,000 listeners.

The Local Angle
WBAA-AM produces and broadcasts original local programming including Acoustic Blend, The Local Music Show, Rainbow, Gitanjali, Inside Jazz with Don Seybold, and interviews with University faculty, staff, and campus guests.

The offices of WBAA-AM and WBAA-FM are located on the ground floor of the Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music:

712 Third Street
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2005
765-494-5920

WBAA-AM broadcasts 24 hours a day at 920 AM and 90.7 FM on the University Residence Television Antenna System (URTAS). WBAA-FM broadcasts 24 hours a day at 101.3 FM and 100.7 FM on URTAS. WBAA-FM also provides background for The Purdue Channel's teletext service seen on Insight Communications Educational Access Channel 5 and Channel 15 of URTAS.

Funding for WBAA is provided by Purdue University, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, listener donations, and business sponsors.