Editing WCBE (section)

== Early years ==
The station went on-air in 1956 under the direction of General Manager John Sittig.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W69LDQAAQBAJ&q=wcbe+john+sittig&pg=PA110|title=Columbus Radio|first=Mike|last=Adams|date=October 12, 2016|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467124409|via=Google Books}}</ref>  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.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/45815566|title=This is WCBE FINAL|first=Grey Lodge|last=Productions|date=July 16, 2012|via=Vimeo}}</ref>  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]], archivist and vocal interpreter of the [[Great American Songbook]], interned at WCBE while he was a high school student in Columbus Public Schools in the mid-70s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W69LDQAAQBAJ&q=michael+feinstein+wcbe&pg=PA112|title=Columbus Radio|first=Mike|last=Adams|date=October 12, 2016|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467124409|via=Google Books}}</ref>