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WFAE 90.7

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WFAE 90.7 is Charlotte’s NPR member station, broadcasting from University City and running one of the largest newsrooms left in the region. Its reporters cover education, local government, housing and race, and the station produces Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins, the long running weekday interview program that has become the default forum for local officials to answer questions in public.

What to know

  • Charlotte Talks airs each weekday morning and takes listener calls.
  • The Friday news roundup gathers reporters from across the market.
  • It is listener supported instead of commercially funded.
  • Its education reporting has followed the CMS leadership story closely.

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Spotlight story Fine arts and education: how a campus jazz station became Charlotte’s newsroom WFAE signed on in 1981 from UNC Charlotte playing jazz by day and classical by night. The university gave it away in a budget crisis, and the nonprofit that inherited it built the region's largest independent news operation. Read the story →

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