WESA-FM (Pittsburgh, PA)

WESA (90.5 FM) is a public radio station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It transmits at a frequency of 90.5 MHz and has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 25 kW. As a full member of NPR, WESA is also connected with Public Radio International and American Public Media.

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Paddlefish make a comeback in Minnesota

1 day ago | wesa.fm | Hannah Yang

The odd-looking pre-historic paddlefish is threatened in many states. However, in some, like Minnesota, its numbers are growing. And local officials are tracking the fish's numbers and locations.
Week in politics: Trump-Musk's public rift, nuclear deals with Russia and Iran

1 day ago | wesa.fm | Debbie Elliott |Ron Elving

We look at the escalating hostilities between President Trump and former White House advisor, Elon Musk. The rift comes as the president's spending bill, derided by Musk, is before the Senate.
Plans to redevelop YWCA building in Downtown Pittsburgh in jeopardy after lawsuit

1 day ago | wesa.fm | Abigail Hakas

It has all the hallmarks of a project abandoned: insulation torn out, strewn across the floor alongside construction materials. A lone coffee cup sits atop a stack of boards, left for months. The former YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh building on Wood Street in Downtown still bears signs for what was once the headquarters, purchased for $4 million by Michigan-based City Club Apartments in 2022 for a promised apartment renovation.
Marianne Faithfull's posthumous EP is a return to her folk and pop roots

1 day ago | wesa.fm | Mary Kelly |Kathryn Fink |Christopher Intagliata

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Explosion, smoke reported at Shell plant in Beaver County Wednesday

2 days ago | wesa.fm | Reid Frazier

An explosion was reported at Shell’s ethane cracker in Beaver County Wednesday afternoon. A company spokeswoman stated that smoke was seen coming off of a furnace unit at the plant around 2:20 p.m. She said the incident was managed by site personnel, and the smoke dissipated. The company dispatched a team from an air monitoring company to the site, and state and local agencies have been notified.
Navigating some of the thorny questions of estate planning

2 days ago | wesa.fm | Sally Herships |Wailin Wong

Over the next few decades, about $124 trillion will change hands in the U.S. through inheritance. Those transfers often run into problems. Plant Money navigates some thorny issues in estate planning. Copyright 2025 NPR
Volunteers are helping save climate data - which teachers rely on - before it's lost

2 days ago | wesa.fm | Molly Enking

As the Trump administration removes climate-related data and tools from agency websites, teachers are left scrambling to fix lesson plans. But, a volunteer effort is archiving much of the lost data. Copyright 2025 NPR
The future of government-funded research at universities

2 days ago | wesa.fm | Erika Beras

The Trump administration is now cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. So, what does that mean for universities as we know them?
In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers

2 days ago | wesa.fm | Jasmine Garsd

Updated June 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM EDTThe text message, sent to NPR, came in early May: It was accompanied by a screenshot of a photo of a man with swollen red eyes, with another screenshot of his full detainee information. "Please help me. Im desperate."The woman who sent it, Maria, was texting about her brother at the Krome Detention Center in Miami.
Pittsburgh's new Thousand Bridges Opera company celebrates Pride Month

3 days ago | wesa.fm | Bill O'Driscoll

This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. Pittsburgh’s Pride Month is getting its own weekend of opera. The “delightfully queer” June 7 and 8 program doubles as the fully staged debut of Thousand Bridges Opera, a company created by a couple of singers out to make this venerable art form more accessible.