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{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WCBE | logo = File:WCBE Logo.png | city = [[Columbus, Ohio]] | country = US | area = [[Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio|Columbus metropolitan area]] | branding = 90.5 WCBE | frequency = 90.5 ([[Megahertz|MHz]]) | format = [[NPR]], [[Public broadcasting|public radio]] | airdate = {{start date|1956|9|26}} | callsign_meaning = Columbus Board of Education | owner = [[Columbus City Schools]] | licensee = Board of Education, City School District, Columbus | erp = 12,000 [[watt]]s | haat = {{convert|300|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = B | webcast = | website = {{URL|http://www.wcbe.org}} | licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] }} '''WCBE''' (90.5 [[FM band|FM]]) is a [[public broadcasting|public]] [[radio station]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]] that began broadcasting in 1956.<ref>[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=69946 History Cards for WCBE], fcc.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teachingcolumbus.org/a-history-of-columbus-schools-1812-1912.html|title=A History of Columbus Schools: 1812-1912|website=TEACHING COLUMBUS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbuscityadventures.com/history-and-haunts-of-ft-hayes/|title=History and Haunts of Fort Hayes | Columbus City Adventures|website=Columbus City Adventures }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/info/W292EA-FX|title=W292EA-FM 106.3 MHz - Newark, OH|website=radio-locator.com|accessdate=August 13, 2023}}</ref> [[File:LeVeque Tower, Columbus, OH, US crop.jpg|thumb|LeVeque Tower, Columbus, Ohio]]
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