Class B1 Frequency 88.9 MHz Format Public broadcasting Area Balti | First air date January 10, 1977 HAAT 67 meters Facility ID 43794 City of license Balti | |
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WEAA (88.9 FM) is a non-profit, National Public Radio affiliate station that serves the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. It is licensed and owned by Morgan State University. WEAA was named 1999 Jazz Station of the Year by Gavin Magazine.
Contents
- Part 2 at radio station weaa 88 9fm
- Shakeera radio project weaa 88 9 fm the voice of the community
- History
- Public Affairs Programming
- Music Programming
- Syndicated Programs on WEAA
- Past programs
- References
The station has been noted for its willingness to host intense discussions of issues like racism and sexuality.
Although WEAA is based at Morgan State, most of its staff are non-students, and it serves a larger community within Baltimore. However, the station does take on many student interns and volunteers, who learn skills connected to radio broadcasting.
Shakeera radio project weaa 88 9 fm the voice of the community
History
WEAA went live on 10 January 1977.
White Baltimore activist Robert Kaufman accused WEAA of reverse racism in 1998 when they turned down his offer to host a show for free. Kaufman's complaint with the Maryland Commission on Human Rights was unsuccessful.
In 2007, a coalition of WEAA listeners took to the streets in protest when "The Powers Report" with Tyrone Powers went off the air. Powers and his supporters alleged that newly elected governor Martin O'Malley had used his political clout to force Powers off the air in retaliation for critical remarks. Powers filed a lawsuit alleging that O'Malley ordered him fired, with WEAA manager Donald Lockett and NAACP president Kweisi Mfume acting as intermediaries. O'Malley and Mfume denied the allegations completely.
In 2008, WEAA hired Marc Steiner (after Steiner's dismissal from WYPR) and began running Democracy Now!. These changes increased the ratio of news to music and added white voices, prompting observers to ask, "Will whites listen to a majority black station?" In the following months, WEAA gained 20,000 listeners for a total of 100,000.