WMHT-FM
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| Broadcast area | Capital District |
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| Frequency | 89.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Classical WMHT FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classical music |
| Subchannels | HD2: Adult album alternative (WEXT) |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WMHT Educational Telecommunications |
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| History | |
First air date | June 8, 1972 |
Call sign meaning | Mohawk–Hudson Television (from WMHT-TV) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73266 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 6,100 watts |
| HAAT | 361 meters (1,184 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°37′31″N 74°00′36″W / 42.6253°N 74.0101°W |
| Translator | HD2: 106.1 W291BY (Albany) |
| Repeater | Part-time: 88.7 WRHV (Poughkeepsie) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | classicalwmht.org |
WMHT-FM (89.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Schenectady, New York, United States, and serving the Capital District of New York. Co-owned with PBS member station WMHT (channel 17), the station has a classical music format along with some assorted public radio shows from NPR, APM and PRX. WMHT-FM's transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment antenna farm on Pinnacle Road in New Salem, New York. WMHT-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.
WMHT-FM programming is also heard on a part-time basis on WRHV in Poughkeepsie, which is involved in one of the last radio timeshare arrangements in the United States alongside State University of New York at New Paltz-owned WFNP-FM. From October 2005 to March 2006, WMHT-FM programming was also heard on co-owned WBKK in Amsterdam. That station now airs an adult album alternative format, also heard on WMHT-FM's HD2 digital subchannel.