WZUM adds WRRK HD3 to its outlet list

March 8, 2024 Off By Eric O'Brien

HD radio owners who are fans of the jazz format on WZUM will be excited to learn the station has an additional home on WRRK’s 96.9 HD3 channel as of today. Pittsburgh Public Media President, Chuck Leavens, tells PBRTV, “WRRK contacted us as they were looking for more Pittsburgh-centric programming for their HD channels. WZUM, as a nonprofit public broadcaster, fits the bill with programming with a growing dedicated Pittsburgh audience. WZUM has been growing every year since we have been on the air, and the response to our programming has been tremendous.”

Leavens began Pittsburgh Public Media soon after Duquesne University sold WDUQ (90.5) and the format was dropped in favor of all-news WESA. Initially it had its home on the web and eventually found an FM home in Bethany, West Virginia at 88.1 which eventually became WZUM-FM. It found its AM home on 1550 Braddock which had the WZUM calls already from the previous ownership. 1550 has a translator at 101.1 FM.

Pittsburgh Public Media also distributes 24/7 jazz programming through its PubMusic network via NPR’s satellite system and has 70 affiliates nationwide.

Steel City Media owns WRRK along with WLTJ (92.9). Each station has 4 HD channels available with a variety of different programming.