1 9 6 9 ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0   w att s ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ; ▁by ▁then , ▁the ▁station ▁had ▁affili ated ▁with ▁the ▁then - f led g ling ▁N PR . ▁ ▁W G GL ▁attract ed ▁a ▁fairly ▁loyal ▁following , ▁although ▁it ▁served ▁a ▁very ▁small ▁market ; ▁there ▁were ▁just ▁bare ly ▁enough ▁listen ers ▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁vi able ▁as ▁a ▁stand alone ▁N PR ▁station . ▁However , ▁by ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁W G GL ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁ver ge ▁of ▁being ▁shut ▁down ▁due ▁to ▁budget ▁cut s . ▁Bill ▁K ling ▁of ▁Minnesota ▁Public ▁Radio ▁stepped ▁in ▁to ▁buy ▁the ▁station ▁from ▁Michigan ▁Te ch ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁Since ▁then , ▁the ▁station ▁has ▁mostly ▁a ired ▁classical ▁music ▁and ▁N PR ▁programming ▁fed ▁from ▁St . ▁Paul , ▁time - shift ed ▁for ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Time ▁Zone ▁( MP R ▁is ▁based ▁in ▁the ▁Central ▁Time ▁Zone ). ▁ ▁While ▁M PR ▁still ▁maintain s ▁a ▁studio ▁at ▁Michigan ▁Te ch ' s ▁campus ▁in ▁H ought on , ▁it ▁only ▁produces ▁a ▁few ▁hours ▁per ▁week ▁of ▁local ▁programming . ▁ ▁The ▁only ▁staff ers ▁based ▁in ▁H ought on ▁are ▁an ▁announ cer ▁and ▁techn ician . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁W G GL ▁modified ▁its ▁schedule ▁to ▁include ▁more