WLHS is a high school radio

High school radio

High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...

 station broadcasting

Broadcasting

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 an non-commercial educational

Non-commercial educational

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 format. Licensed to West Chester, Ohio

West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio

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, USA, the radio station

Radio station

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 serves the greater Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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, area. The station is currently owned by Lakota Local School District.

The station focuses on an indie rock format and is operated solely by high school students in the Lakota Local School District. The station ID is 89.9 FM in the Greater Cincinnati Area. The station broadcasts live during school hours, and sometimes on Saturday mornings. Automated programming is produced for all other hours.

The studio is housed at Lakota East High School

Lakota East High School

Lakota East High School is a high school in the Lakota School District which comprises both West Chester Township and Liberty Township in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio....

, however the antenna is actually located on top of the water tower in Pisgah (West Chester Township).