WGBK
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WGBK 88.5 FM is a non commercial radio station operated by the students and faculty advisers of Glenbrook North High School
in Northbrook, Illinois
and Glenbrook South High School
in Glenview, Illinois
. The station was originally owned an operated as WMWA by the Midwestern Academy, a Christian day school affiliated with the General Church of the New Jerusalem
. The radio courses at Glenbrook South was started in 1981. Shortly thereafter, in 1982, the high school bought evening time on WMWA. In 1996, the high school district purchased the station and requested a call letter change (hence WGBK).
WGBK currently serves Chicago's North Shore
communities. WGBK programs popular music, covers local news, and broadcasts local high school sports. The high school radio
station was founded and developed by Dell Kennedy who has retired from the teaching profession. In August of 2004, the station began broadcasting 24 hours per day and streaming its broadcasts online. The station has been managed since the summer of 2004 by one of Dell Kennedy's former students, Dan Oswald, who was a student in the program from 1988-1992.
In 2004, the station received 2nd place in the John Drury High School Radio Awards, and has continued to be awarded for excellence is student broadcasting and production.
In 2012, WGBK will be celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
in Northbrook, Illinois
Northbrook, Illinois
Northbrook is a village located at the northern edge of Cook County, Illinois, which is also a North Shore suburb of Chicago. The population was 33,170 at the 2010 census....
and Glenbrook South High School
Glenbrook South High School
Glenbrook South High School, or GBS, is a public four-year high school located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District, which also includes Glenbrook North High School...
in Glenview, Illinois
Glenview, Cook County, Illinois
Glenview is a suburban village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 41,847...
. The station was originally owned an operated as WMWA by the Midwestern Academy, a Christian day school affiliated with the General Church of the New Jerusalem
General Church of the New Jerusalem
The General Church of the New Jerusalem is an international church based in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, and based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg...
. The radio courses at Glenbrook South was started in 1981. Shortly thereafter, in 1982, the high school bought evening time on WMWA. In 1996, the high school district purchased the station and requested a call letter change (hence WGBK).
WGBK currently serves Chicago's North Shore
North Shore (Chicago)
The North Shore is a term that refers to the generally affluent suburbs north of Chicago, Illinois bordering the shore of Lake Michigan.- History :Europeans settled the area sparsely after an 1833 treaty with local Native Americans...
communities. WGBK programs popular music, covers local news, and broadcasts local high school sports. The 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 was founded and developed by Dell Kennedy who has retired from the teaching profession. In August of 2004, the station began broadcasting 24 hours per day and streaming its broadcasts online. The station has been managed since the summer of 2004 by one of Dell Kennedy's former students, Dan Oswald, who was a student in the program from 1988-1992.
In 2004, the station received 2nd place in the John Drury High School Radio Awards, and has continued to be awarded for excellence is student broadcasting and production.
In 2012, WGBK will be celebrating its 30th anniversary.