People
Scott Hanley signs on as jazz station GM
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After returning to Pittsburgh, he began volunteering at WZUM, a station started by former colleagues.
Quick Takes
Pittsburgh Public Media asks supporters to back jazz station
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The station needs to raise $150,000 by the end of the year to broadcast on a new FM signal.
Quick Takes
Jazz broadcaster expands reach to Pittsburgh with new FM signal
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Pittsburgh Public Media bought the 101.1 FM signal from State University of New York.
Jazz
Pittsburgh Public Media acquires W.Va. FM station for jazz programming
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The FCC has approved the sale of a West Virginia college station to Pittsburgh Public Media, a jazz webcaster run by former employees of the city’s defunct WDUQ-FM. PPM will pay $135,000 for the 1,100-watt WVBC-FM, currently operated by Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va. It plans to switch the station at 88.1 MHz to a jazz format starting in April, says Chuck Leavens, PPM president. The station now airs music and college sports. PPM was established in 2010 in a bid to buy WDUQ, which broadcast both NPR News and jazz to southwestern Pennsylvania.