WCBE (90.5 FM) is a public radio station in Columbus, Ohio that began broadcasting in 1956. The WCBE call sign represents the station's licensee, the Columbus Board of Education (Columbus City Schools). The station was originally housed in the Columbus Normal School building, but moved to the Columbus Public Schools headquarters at 270 E. State Street in downtown Columbus, and then relocated to the historic Fort Hayes educational campus in 1992. The station's tower is located on top of LeVeque Tower in downtown Columbus and is simulcast on 13 watt FM translator W292EA at 106.3 MHz in Newark, Ohio. Early years The station went on-air in 1956 under the direction of General Manager John Sittig. Initially, the station carried only locally produced education programs designed to connect remote learners to classrooms and only with limited broadcast hours. In 1968, station management was approached by the Good Music Advisory Society to expand broadcast hours, launch classical music programming, and increase station power from 3000 to 10,000 watts. WCBE was the first station in Columbus to affiliate with National Public Radio and began carrying NPR programs with their first broadcast on May 3, 1971 with All Things Considered. Of note, Michael Feinstein, noted singer of the Great American Songbook, interned at WCBE while he was a high school student in Columbus Public Schools in the mid-70s. Your True Alternative WOSU-FM broadcast an exclusive classical music service, and in 1990, to avoid duplication in the market, especially on the FM band, WCBE, now led by General Manager and longtime staffer Sharon Miller, switched musical formats to music classified as adult album alternative (AAA or Triple-A), rebranding the station as "Your True Alternative." Program Directors David Gordon and Norm Beeker managed the on-air programming during this period of unprecedented growth, revamping weekend programming, moving to a 24-hour broadcast with the BBC World Service and launching new local music and news programs. Programming received several awards during this era, including the eclectic music program Radio Free Columbus, hosted by Jon Peterson, honored as the 1993 Ohio Educational Broadcasting Program of the Year (OEBie Award), and Kids Sundae, a live children's variety show co-hosted by Dan Mushalko, recipient of the 1994 OEBie Program of the Year. Kids Sundae featured live performances, and had children serve as reporters, producers, and co-hosts, one of whom was WCMH news anchor Kerry Charles. In addition, Evening Journal, a half-hour daily