About WBAA

About WBAA

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.

Both stations are broadcasting with HD-Radio Technology, bringing FM quality to WBAA-AM, and a second music service, XPoNential Radio, to WBAA-FM for listeners with an HD Radio Receiver.

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

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. WBAA-FM broadcasts 24 hours a day at 101.3 FM.