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Mondays through Fridays, from 7 to 9 p.m., WBNI broadcasts recorded concerts by major orchestras. WBNI also carries the live Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturdays from December through May, usually beginning at 1 p.m.
Throughout its history WBNI has utilized mostly volunteers to host its local programming. Like other National Public Radio stations, WBNI is supported by contributions from listeners, businesses, and corporations. There are also spring and fall on-air pledge drives, usually lasting a little over a week.
With WBOI's sign-on, it took all NPR news, jazz and folk music programming from WBNI, which became a 24-hour classical music station. By 2003, the two stations swapped frequencies, with WBOI moving to the stronger 89.1 and WBNI moving to 91.3.
WBNI has long been known for its special holiday programming in December and January, including celebrations of the "12 Days of Christmas" and Hanukkah.
Although WBNI no longer has regular news broadcasts, it does give regular weather forecasts and bulletins from the National Weather Service.
WBOI began operating in February 2002. It has assumed some of the programming formerly carried by sister station WBNI, including jazz, folk music, gospel, and news and information programming from National Public Radio.
In November 2007, WBNI replaced the directional antenna on the tower in Roanoke with an omnidirectional antenna, resulting in a better signal in the coverage area. There was no change in effective radiated power, which remains at 6,000 watts.
Tchivzhel and the orchestra recorded a commercial CD at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, which includes Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 6" and Richard Strauss' symphonic poem "Don Juan". Broadcasts of selected orchestra concerts are relayed on WBNI, 94.1 FM.
In 2008, Joan Baumgartner Brown was selected as president and general manager of Northeast Indiana Public Radio (NIPR). The veteran local nonprofit leader oversaw operations at both WBNI and WBOI. Brown replaced Bruce Haines beginning August 4. Haines became president and general manager of WFWA (Channel 39), Fort Wayne's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television station.
In July 2016, Peter Dominowski announced that Northeast Indiana Public Radio had purchased a two-story building on Jefferson Boulevard in downtown Fort Wayne to serve as the future headquarters for WBNI and WBOI. Fund raising will continue to cover the costs of major renovations. Dominowski said it would probably be two to three years before the building could be occupied.
WBNI-FM (94.1 FM) is a Fort Wayne, Indiana-area public radio station owned and operated by Northeast Indiana Public Radio. The station is a member station of National Public Radio. Local programming originates from the Northeast Indiana Public Radio broadcasting facility in Centennial Park.
Later that year, budget cuts threatened to force WIPU to shut down. The Friends of WIPU incorporated as Public Broadcasting of Northeast Indiana (now known as Northeast Indiana Public Radio), and bought the station in an effort to save public radio in the area. PBNI officially took control on March 16, 1982; changing the call letters to WBNI.
Much of WBNI's programming today utilizes computerized automation of music from the station's library with some recorded announcements by Doug Gruber, who died in 2014. A few programs produced by National Public Radio (NPR) and other public radio outlets are broadcast on WBNI, including "From The Top," "Sing For Joy," "Sunday Baroque," "Harmonia," and "Hearts of Space."
In February 2007, Northeast Indiana Public Radio management announced plans to acquire the transmitter of WCKZ, a rock music station operating at 94.1 mHz and licensed to Roanoke. NIPR took over the frequency and power of WCKZ and began field tests in April. General manager Bruce Haines announced that WCKZ began broadcasting classical music on May 1, providing the Fort Wayne metropolitan area with a stronger signal for the classical music programming currently carried on WBNI. The transmitter covers most of Allen County and all or portions of Noble, DeKalb, Whitley, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Grant, Blackford, and Jay counties in Indiana. The station continued to use the Orland transmitter, now known as WCKZ, and the Fort Wayne translator. WBNI is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to "Roanoke-Fort Wayne" on 94.1.
WBNI began broadcasting in 1978 as WIPU-FM at 89.1 MHz on the campus of Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW) with a very limited schedule using university staff and students. The station acquired enough of a following that by 1981, The Friends of WIPU was incorporated as a support organization.
In July 2016, Peter Dominowski announced that Northeast Indiana Public Radio had purchased a two-story building on Jefferson Boulevard in downtown Fort Wayne to serve as the future headquarters for WBNI and WBOI. Fund raising will continue to cover the costs of major renovations. Dominowski said it would probably be two to three years before the building could be occupied.
WBOI's operations/programming director is Katy Anderson. In 2008, Joan Baumgartner Brown was selected as president and general manager of Northeast Indiana Public Radio (NIPR). The veteran local nonprofit leader oversaw operations at WBOI and WBNI. Brown replaced Bruce Haines beginning August 4, 2008. Haines became the president and general manager of WFWA, Fort Wayne's PBS television station.
Major broadcasting network affiliates include WANE-TV (CBS), WPTA-TV (ABC/NBC), WISE-TV (CW/MNT), WFFT-TV (Fox), and WFWA-TV (PBS), Northeast Indiana's PBS member station. Religious broadcasters include WINM and W07CL. Access Fort Wayne maintains Fort Wayne and Allen County's Public Access capabilities serving from the Allen County Public Library. Two National Public Radio stations are based in the city, WBNI and WBOI with the new WELT Community Radio Station soon coming online.
On April 15, 2010, Northeast Indiana Public Radio (NIPR) announced the sale of WCKZ and the 10-watt Fort Wayne translator to Star Educational Media Network, pending approval from the FCC. WBNI's transmitter tower in Roanoke was also offered for sale, then taken off the market in early 2011. Once the sales of the analog stations was completed, classical music programming continued at 94.1, on WBOI's HD-2 program, and via live streaming on the Internet. The sale of the two transmitters was completed in June 2010; the official station ID now only includes WBNI.
Surack has served on the boards of Greater Fort Wayne, Inc., the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, WBNI/WBOI Public Radio, Unity Performing Arts Foundation, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Tower Bank, the National Association of Music Merchants and other organizations. He is currently a board member for Easter Seals ARC of Northeast Indiana, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo (where he was previously Board President), the Boy Scouts of America Advisory Board, Lutheran Hospital, Lutheran Health Network, and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Office of Development.