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59-654: WRTI is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 7,700 watts . The transmitter is in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia at ( 40°2′30.1″N 75°14′10.1″W  /  40.041694°N 75.236139°W  / 40.041694; -75.236139 ). Its tower is shared with several Philadelphia-area FM and TV stations. WRTI programming is also heard on a network of repeater stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware . WRTI began in 1948 as an AM carrier current station. It

118-579: A 50,000 watt maximum for the US and Canada, but no maximum for other governments in the region. Mexico, for example, typically runs 150,000 to 500,000 watts, but some stations are grandfathered at 10,000 to 20,000 watts at night; by treaty, these sub-50,000 watt Mexican stations may operate with a maximum of 100,000 watts during the daytime. Because the AM broadcast band developed before technology suitable for directional antennas , there are numerous exceptions, such as

177-493: A Concert Bureau under Alexander Russell and brought to America master organists Marcel Dupré and Louis Vierne , Nadia Boulanger , Marco Enrico Bossi , Alfred Hollins , and several others. (This agency, which worked in partnership with Canadian Bernard R. LaBerge, evolved into the Karen McFarlane Concert Agency of the present day.) During his first recital on the organ, Dupré was so impressed with

236-460: A few Class B stations with grandfathered power limits in excess of 50 KW, such as WETA (licensed for Washington DC in zone I, at a power of 75 kW ERP), WNCI ( Columbus, Ohio in zone I, at 175 kW ERP), KPFK (Los Angeles in zone I-A, at 110 KW ERP), and the most extreme example being WBCT ( Grand Rapids, Michigan , in zone I, at 320  kW ERP). Notes: All full-power analog television station transmissions in

295-611: A non-commercial license to cover the FM facility in 1953 . After years of serving as a student laboratory, WRTI-AM signed off for good in 1968. WRTI-FM officially signed on the air on July 9, 1953 ; 71 years ago  ( 1953-07-09 ) . WRTI-FM later switched from block programming to an all-jazz format in 1969 . It remained an all-jazz station for nearly three decades. In late 1997, Philadelphia's commercial classical music station, WFLN-FM , changed formats. Classical listeners in one of America's largest cities would be without

354-575: A plan for the instrument. Use everything you have ever dreamed about." They were told there was no limit to the budget. This project resulted in, among other things, the celebrated String Division, which occupies the largest organ chamber ever constructed, 67 feet long, 26 feet deep, and 16 feet high (22 by 9 by 5 m). During this project, the organ's current console was constructed in Wanamaker's private in-house pipe-organ factory, with six manuals and several hundred controls. By 1930, when work on expanding

413-498: A station of this type shares the callsign of another station. In analog, these services often were broadcast on the same or adjacent channels to their parent station, except in certain areas with tight packing of television stations (such as central Mexico). In digital, these services usually operate on the same RF channel as their parent station, except for those with conflicting full-power applications ( XHBS-TDT Cd. Obregón, Son., channel 30 instead of 25), in certain other cases where it

472-485: A station playing classical music. At that point, WRTI decided to switch to a dual-format service. It would play classical music from 6 AM to 6 PM, and jazz from 6 PM to 6 AM, except Sunday mornings, when it broadcasts Christian gospel and spiritual music. After a hiatus, WRTI, in 2013, resumed broadcasting full-length concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra on Sunday afternoons. Recorded each week at

531-523: Is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Effective radiated power (ERP) and height above average terrain (HAAT) are listed unless otherwise noted. All radio and television stations within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the US-Canada or US-Mexico border must get approval by both

590-531: Is a work of art in its own right with heavy, durable construction, an ingenious layout of its pneumatic stop action and many unique features and conveniences. Wanamaker also had a collection of 60 rare stringed instruments , the Wanamaker Cappella, that were used in conjunction with the store organs in Philadelphia and New York , and went on tour. They were dispersed after his death. Following

649-469: Is divided into three zones for FM broadcasting: I, I-A and II. The zone where a station is located may limit the choices of broadcast class available to a given FM station. Zone I in the US includes all of Connecticut , the District of Columbia , Delaware , Illinois , Indiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , New Jersey , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , and West Virginia . It also includes

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708-649: Is housed in Macy's Center City Philadelphia department store and is the largest musical instrument in the world. The program was co-produced by the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ and WRTI, and was an outgrowth of a segment, and later a live remote broadcast, on the CrossOver program. The Friends organization is responsible for the restoration and upkeep of this grand instrument. The show ended in 2017 when funding to

767-483: Is licensed for two watts in digital. The highest-powered shadows are XEQ-TDT Toluca and XHBS-TDT Ciudad Obregón, both at 200 kW. The United States Federal Communications Commission lists the following services on their website for television broadcasting: Wanamaker Organ The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ , located in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in

826-606: Is still considered LPTV with respect to stations in Canada and Mexico. Class-A stations (US) (suffix: -CA or -CD for digital class A): The class-A television class is a variant of LPTV created in 2000 by the FCC to allocate and protect some low-power affiliates. Class-A stations are still low-power, but are protected from RF interference and from having to change channel should a full-service station request that channel. Additionally, class-A stations, LPTV stations, and translators are

885-517: Is technically not feasible ( XHAW-TDT Guadalupe, NL, channel 26 instead of 25) or to make way for eventual repacking on upper UHF ( XHPNW-TDT has four shadows on 33, its post-repacking channel, instead of 39). Equipos complementarios can relay their parent station, or a station that carries 75% or more of the same programming as its parent station. Stations of either type may have unusually low or high effective radiated powers. XHSMI-TDT in Oaxaca

944-536: Is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number of playing pipes, the number of ranks and its weight. It is a concert organ of the American Symphonic school of design, which combines traditional organ tone with the sonic colors of the symphony orchestra. In its present configuration, the instrument has 28,750 pipes in 464 ranks. The organ console consists of six manuals with an array of stops and controls that command

1003-641: The Los Angeles Times of 1904. It was built to a specification by renowned organ theorist and architect George Ashdown Audsley . Wild cost overruns plagued the project, with the result that Harris was ousted from his own company. With capital from stockholder Eben Smith , it was reorganized as the Los Angeles Art Organ Company, and finished at a cost of $ 105,000 (equal to $ 3,560,667 today), $ 40,000 over budget, equal to $ 1,356,444 today. The Fair began (in late April 1904) before

1062-725: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra , New York Philharmonic , San Francisco Symphony , the Deutsche Welle Festival Concert series on both the analog FM service and the digital HD2 service. WRTI is also an affiliate of the Toll Brothers- Metropolitan Opera Radio Network, airing the Met's Saturday Matinee performances live from December through May each year. In the Met's off-season, WRTI broadcasts

1121-821: The Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall in Center City , this series brings the distinctive sound of the "Fabulous Philadelphians" in performance to the Delaware Valley airwaves. WRTI presents in-concert performances of South Jersey's Symphony In C Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and The Crossing, as well as opera performances from the Academy of Vocal Arts, OperaDelaware and

1180-990: The American Opera Series from the WFMT Radio Network. This series features performances by the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston Grand Operas, as well as the Lyric Opera of Chicago. With these series, WRTI broadcasts a full-length opera every Saturday afternoon. WRTI's Mark Pinto hosts Overture, an opera "pre-game" of sorts, playing opera-based music, Saturday at 12-noon, just before the Saturday Opera Broadcast. The award-winning Creatively Speaking general arts segments featured contributors Jim Cotter, David Patrick Stearns and Susan Lewis. Cotter formerly headed WRTI's Arts and Culture desk. The forerunner of these features

1239-475: The Friends was cut. The station features hosts John T.K. Scherch, Melinda Whiting, Greg Bryant, Bob Craig, Joe Patti, I. Robin "Bobbi" Booker, Courtney Blue, Rich Gunning , Mark Pinto, and Mike Bolton. Air personality Debra Lew Harder left the station on September 21, 2021, to become the host of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts . Long-time jazz host Jeff Duperon died on June 17, 2019. He

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1298-560: The Handlan warehouse in St. Louis until 1909, when it was bought by John Wanamaker for his new department store at 13th and Market Streets in Center City, Philadelphia . It took thirteen freight cars to move it to its new home, and two years for installation. It was first played on June 22, 1911, at the exact moment when British King George V was crowned . It was also featured later that year when U.S. President William Howard Taft dedicated

1357-560: The Opera Company of Philadelphia. WRTI is a network affiliate of NPR , Public Radio International (PRI) and American Public Media (APM), airing news and arts programming from these networks. Programs include NPR's From The Top , and SymphonyCast . WRTI is also an affiliate of the WFMT Radio Network, broadcasting a wide range of programming from this Chicago -based syndicator, including concert broadcasts from

1416-640: The US use of 800 (kHz) and 900 non-directionally in Alaska, limited to 5 kW at night; and 1050 and 1220, directionally, in the continental US , and without time limits; each of these being assigned to specific cities (and each of these being Mexican Class I-A clear channels). In return for these limits on US stations, Mexico accepted limits on 830 and 1030 in Mexico City, non-directionally, restricted to 5 kW at night (both of these being US Class I-A clear channels). Notes: The following table lists

1475-439: The US were terminated at midnight Eastern Daylight Time on June 12, 2009. Many broadcasters replaced their analog signal with their digital ATSC signal on the same transmission channel at that time. Notes: LPTV (secondary) (suffix: -LP, or a sequential-numbered callsign in format W##XX with no suffix for analog or with -D suffix for digital, or -LD for low-power digital stations): The LPTV (low-power television) service

1534-812: The US, with subclasses indicated by a letter suffix. Current class A is equivalent to the old class I; class B is the old classes II and III, with class D being the II-D, II-S, and III-S subclasses; and class C is the old class IV. The following conversion table compares the old AM station classes with the new AM station classes: The following chart lists frequencies on the broadcast company band, and which classes broadcast on these frequencies; Class A and Class B , 10,000 watt and higher (full-time) stations in North America which broadcast on clear-channel station frequencies are also shown. By international agreement, Class A stations must be 10,000 watts and above, with

1593-413: The Wanamaker Organ. The Philadelphia Orchestra Concert was co-sponsored by the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ and was a benefit for that organization. In 2019 the Wanamaker Organ facade, designed by Daniel Hudson Burnham , was restored and re-gilded in 22-karat gold to a color scheme close in sympathy to its original appearance but which fits in with its new surroundings. Evergreene Architectural Arts did

1652-474: The Wanamaker Organ. The first, in 1919, featured Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra with organist Charles M. Courboin . Every sales counter and fixture was removed for the free after-hours event, which attracted an audience of 15,000 from across the United States . Subsequently, more of these "Musicians' Assemblies" were held, as were private recitals. For these events Wanamaker's opened

1711-511: The antenna site," based on the determined noise-limited bounding contour. All digital television stations in Mexico have -TDT callsign suffixes. Analog stations, which existed until December 31, 2016, had -TV callsign suffixes. The equivalent of low power or translator service in Mexico is the equipo complementario de zona de sombra , which is intended only to fill in gaps between a station's expected and actual service area caused by terrain;

1770-592: The areas south of latitude 43.5°N in Michigan , New Hampshire , New York, and Vermont ; as well as coastal Maine , southeastern Wisconsin , and northern and eastern Virginia . Zone I-A includes California south of 40°N, as well as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands . Zone II includes the remainder of the continental US , plus Alaska and Hawaii . In Zones I and I-A, there are no Class C, C0, or C1 stations. However, there are

1829-536: The coverage area of WRTI and WRTJ. WRTI fronts a network of six full-powered repeater stations . Combined with the main WRTI signal and numerous low-powered FM translators , their footprint covers much of eastern Pennsylvania, as well as most of Delaware and the southern half of New Jersey . Notes: Three full-power stations have translators that are licensed to simulcast the programming of their respective stations. List of broadcast station classes This

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1888-423: The creation of this instrument has always been honored, with two curators employed in its constant and scrupulous care (which leads to its status as one of the best maintained organ in the world). This dedication was enhanced when corporate parentage shifted from the Wanamaker family to Carter Hawley Hale Stores followed by Woodward & Lothrop , The May Department Stores Company , and Lord & Taylor . When

1947-600: The daytime and Classical music at night, opposite the station's analog/HD1 signal, thus providing a full 24 hours of classical and jazz programming for those with HD Radio receivers. The programming of both WRTI and WRTI-HD2 also comprises two separate web audio streams. The "All-Classical" stream presents WRTI's daytime programming, switching to WRTI-HD2's programming at night. The "All-Jazz" stream broadcasts WRTI-HD2's daytime programming, switching to WRTI's analog/HD1 signal at night. The web streams have proven popular with those who do not have an HD Radio receiver or are not within

2006-626: The domestic and foreign agency. These agencies are Industry Canada / Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in Canada, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US, and the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) in Mexico. All domestic (United States) AM stations are classified as A , B , C , or D . Notes: AM station classes were previously assigned Roman numerals from I to IV in

2065-479: The instrument that he was inspired to improvise a musical depiction of the life of Jesus Christ. This was later published as his Symphonie-Passion . From April 24, 1922, to 1928 the store had its own radio station, WOO , and music from the organ was a major feature of the broadcasts. In 1924, a new project to enlarge the organ began. Marcel Dupré and Charles M. Courboin were among those asked by Rodman Wanamaker , John Wanamaker's son, to "Work together to draw up

2124-427: The only stations currently authorized to broadcast both analog and digital signals, unlike full-power stations which must broadcast a digital signal only. In Canada, there is no formal transmission power below which a television transmitter is considered broadcasting at low power. Industry Canada considers that a low power digital television undertaking "shall not normally extend a distance of 20 km in any direction from

2183-468: The organ finally stopped, the organ had 28,482 pipes, and, if Rodman Wanamaker had not died in 1928, the organ would probably be even bigger. Plans were made for, among others, a Stentor division, a section of high-pressure diapasons and reeds . It was to be installed on the fifth floor, above the String Division, and would be playable from the sixth manual. However, it was never funded, and

2242-631: The organ for which it was written. The ticketed event, featuring soloist Peter Richard Conte, also included the Bach / Stokowski arrangement of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor , Marcel Dupré 's Cortege and Litany for Organ and Orchestra, and the world premiere of a Fanfare by Howard Shore , composer for The Lord of the Rings films . Shore visited the store in May 2008 to meet with Peter Richard Conte and hear

2301-512: The organ in 1997, as part of the store's final May Co. conversion into a Lord & Taylor . At that time the store area was reduced to three floors and additional panes of glass were put around the Grand Court on floors four and five, greatly enhancing the reverberation of the room. The Philadelphia Orchestra returned to the Grand Court on September 27, 2008, for the premiere performance of Joseph Jongen 's Symphonie Concertante (1926) on

2360-476: The organ was fully installed in its temporary home, Festival Hall. Although the organ's debut was scheduled for May 1, official fair organist and St. Louis local Charles Henry Galloway did not give his opening recital until June 9. The organ was still not entirely finished in September of that year, when Alexandre Guilmant , one of the most famous organists of the day, presented 40 very well-attended recitals on

2419-612: The organ. Following the Fair, the organ was intended for permanent installation by the Kansas City Convention Center . Indeed, the original console had a prominent "K C" on its music rack. This venture failed, bankrupting the L. A. Art Organ company after the Fair closed. There was a plan to exhibit the organ at Coney Island in New York City, but nothing came of this. The organ languished in storage at

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2478-430: The organ. The organ's String Division fills the largest single organ chamber in the world. The division features eighty-eight ranks of string pipes built to Wanamaker specifications by the W.W. Kimball Company of Chicago. The organ is famed for its orchestra -like sound, coming from pipes that are voiced softer than usual, allowing an unusually rich build-up because of the massing of pipe- tone families. The organ

2537-445: The remaining tonal resources of said division. Choruses (16', 8', 4') are true choruses of three ranks, each with their own personality, rather than a single rank electrically "tapped" at three pitches, with the resulting weakening of the octaves and sameness of tone between the voices as found in unification. The Wanamaker Store maintained its own organ factory to ensure an ultra-high-grade result. The artistic obligation entailed by

2596-472: The sale of the store to The May Department Stores Company , in 1995, the Wanamaker's name was removed from the store (first as Wanamaker-Hecht's) in favor of Hecht's , but the organ and its concerts were retained. During the local renaming of the Hecht's stores to Strawbridge's , the historic Wanamaker Store briefly took the name of its longtime rival Strawbridge's. The May Company began a complete restoration of

2655-417: The sixth manual is now used to couple other divisions or play various solo voices from other divisions that are duplexed to this keyboard. Rodman Wanamaker was not interested in mere size, however, but in artistic organ-building with finely crafted pipes and chests using the best materials and careful artistic consideration. The Wanamaker Organ console, built in the store organ shop by William Boone Fleming,

2714-408: The space was occupied by Macy's and with the founding of the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ with its input of outside capital, an aggressive restoration schedule developed and is still maintained. Current restoration efforts are a combination of Macy's expenditures and significant contributions by Friends of the Wanamaker Organ, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the instrument. The Wanamaker Organ

2773-435: The store. Despite its then-unprecedented size (more than 10,000 pipes), it was judged inadequate to fill the seven-story Grand Court in which it was located, so Wanamaker's opened a private organ factory in the store attic, which was charged with enlarging the organ. The first project to enlarge the organ was the addition of 8,000 pipes between 1911 and 1917. Wanamaker's sponsored many historic after-business-hours concerts on

2832-710: The various classes of FM stations, the reference facilities for each station class, and the protected and city grade contours for each station class: Historically, there were local "Class A" frequencies (like AM radio's class C stations) to which only class A stations would be allocated & the other frequencies could not have a class A. According to the 1982 FCC rules & regulations, those frequencies were: 92.1, 92.7, 93.5, 94.3, 95.3, 95.9, 96.7, 97.7, 98.3, 99.3, 100.1, 100.9, 101.7, 102.3, 103.1, 103.9, 104.9, 105.5, 106.3 & 107.1. Stations on those twenty frequencies were limited to having equivalent signals no greater that 3KW at 300 feet (91 meters) above average terrain. The US

2891-448: The work. Grant money from Macy's and several Philadelphia area charities funded this project, which was overseen by the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ. Although numerous famous organists have played special concerts on the organ, it has had only four chief organists in its history: For about a decade beginning in 1919, Dr. Charles M. Courboin was the organist for a series of special evening concerts, including several collaborations with

2950-455: The world's greatest artists and personalities, focused not only on classical and jazz, but also music in the periphery of those two art forms. Featured have been Michel Legrand , Rick Braun , Byron Janis , Billy Joel , Eric Whitacre , Marvin Hamlisch , Michael Feinstein , Louis Lortie , Herbie Hancock , Yolanda Kondonassis , Branford Marsalis , Michael Bublé and many more. The show

3009-568: The world, and former WRTI classical host and program director, Jack Moore. The program featured recordings of orchestral scores and music housed at the Fleisher Collection. The program, a co-production of the Fleisher Collection and WRTI, was cancelled in 2018. Along with its regular analog FM signal, WRTI also broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Two WRTI network stations (WRTI and WRTJ) broadcast HD2 programming as well. Known as "WRTI-HD2," this auxiliary service broadcasts Jazz in

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3068-554: The world, based on the number of playing pipes, the number of ranks and its weight. The Wanamaker Organ is located within a spacious 7-story Grand Court at Macy's Center City (formerly Wanamaker's department store) and is played twice a day Monday through Saturday. The organ is featured at several special concerts held throughout the year, including events featuring the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus and Brass Ensemble. The Wanamaker Organ

3127-403: Was 66. Midday classical music host Bliss Michelson died on March 14, 2021, due to complications from COVID-19 at the age of 71. WRTI was known for several popular arts and culture based shows over the years. The multi-award-winning CrossOver, hosted by former classical host Jill Pasternak, explored music as "the universal language." The show, which presented music and conversation with some of

3186-466: Was a 30-minute Saturday morning arts magazine show, also called Creatively Speaking, which was cancelled in early 2013. It was felt that splitting up the show in segments and spreading them throughout the broadcast day and week would better serve the audience. The features ended in 2018. The Wanamaker Organ Hour, first aired in 2005, featured recordings of performances by Macy's Grand Court Organist Peter Richard Conte and various guests. The Wanamaker Organ

3245-458: Was also built and enlarged as an "art organ", using exceptional craftsmanship and lavish application of materials to create a luxury product. There is a minimum of borrowing and unification in its disciplined design, except in the Pedal and Orchestral divisions, where it adds genuine value, and duplexing is reserved for when valuable solo voices can be separated from their divisions without tying up

3304-490: Was created in 1982 by the FCC to allocate channels for smaller, local stations, and community channels, such as public access stations. LPTV stations that meet additional requirements such as children's " E/I " core programming and Emergency Alert System broadcasting capabilities can qualify for a Class A (-CA) license. Broadcast translators , boosters , and other LPTV stations are considered secondary to full-power stations, unless they have upgraded to class A. Class A

3363-454: Was founded by John Roberts, professor emeritus of communications at Temple University and a one-time anchorman at WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV ). He helped found the School of Communications and Theater at Temple. The call letters stand for "Radio Technical Institute" with the station helping students who planned careers in broadcasting. In 1952, the station received an FM transmitter. It acquired

3422-584: Was originally built by the Los Angeles Art Organ Company , successors to the Murray M. Harris Organ Co., for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair . It was designed to be the largest organ in the world, an imitation of a full-size orchestra with particularly complete resources of full organ tone including mixtures. In addition to its console, the organ was originally equipped with an automatic player that used punched rolls of paper, according to

3481-630: Was produced from 1998 until Ms. Pasternak's retirement in 2015. Dr. Jack Buerkle, a member of the Temple University faculty and jazz expert, was co-host until his retirement in 2003. Discoveries From the Fleisher Collection, first aired in 2001, was hosted by Kile Smith, former curator of the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia, the largest lending library of orchestral performance material in

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