WITF-FM

WITF-FM is a public radio station based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, located on the FM dial at 89.5 MHz. The station debuted April 1, 1971, airing classical music and NPR news throughout central Pennsylvania, including the Susquehanna Valley, which includes Lancaster, Lebanon and York as well as Harrisburg. It is a sister station to the area's PBS member station, WITF-TV. Both stations are based at the WITF Public Media Center in Swatara Township. WITF's reporting has been honored with six national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association. In December 2012 the station won the DuPont-Columbia Award - considered the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize - for its "StateImpact Pennsylvania" project, which covers natural gas drilling. WITF operates at 5,900 watts ERP, which is fairly low for an NPR station. This may be due to the crowded state of the noncommercial end of the FM band in this part of the country, as well as the need to protect WPFW in Washington, D.C. at nearby 89.3, and WTMD in Towson, Maryland at 89.7.