WBAI
E372914
WBAI is a New York City-based listener-supported, noncommercial radio station known for its progressive programming and its central role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court indecency case FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WBAI canonical | 3 |
| WBAI radio | 1 |
| WBAI radio (as poetry program host/reader) | 1 |
| free speech radio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3621207 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WBAI Context triple: [FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, originatingStation, WBAI]
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A.
WCBW
WCBW was the original call sign of the New York City television station now known as WCBS-TV, one of the earliest commercial TV stations in the United States.
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B.
National Public Radio
National Public Radio (NPR) is a nonprofit American media organization that produces and distributes news, talk, and cultural programming to a network of public radio stations across the United States.
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C.
WXYC
WXYC is a student-run freeform FM radio station known for its eclectic programming and pioneering role in internet radio broadcasting.
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D.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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E.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WBAI Target entity description: WBAI is a New York City-based listener-supported, noncommercial radio station known for its progressive programming and its central role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court indecency case FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.
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A.
WCBW
WCBW was the original call sign of the New York City television station now known as WCBS-TV, one of the earliest commercial TV stations in the United States.
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B.
National Public Radio
National Public Radio (NPR) is a nonprofit American media organization that produces and distributes news, talk, and cultural programming to a network of public radio stations across the United States.
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C.
WXYC
WXYC is a student-run freeform FM radio station known for its eclectic programming and pioneering role in internet radio broadcasting.
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D.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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E.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pacifica Radio station
ⓘ
listener-supported radio station ⓘ noncommercial radio station ⓘ radio station ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Pacifica Radio
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacifica Radio Archives (via network)
|
| airdateOfNotableBroadcast | 1973 ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| broadcastBand | FM ⓘ |
| callSignMeaning | World Broadcasting Associates, Inc. (historical) or “BAI” as inherited calls ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | noncommercial ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editorialStance | independent ⓘ |
| focus |
arts and culture
ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ labor and economic justice ⓘ peace and anti-war movements ⓘ social justice issues ⓘ |
| format |
community radio
ⓘ
progressive talk ⓘ public radio ⓘ |
| fundingModel | listener-supported ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
music
ⓘ
news ⓘ public affairs ⓘ talk ⓘ |
| involvedIn | FCC v. Pacifica Foundation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
alternative news coverage
ⓘ
cultural and arts programming ⓘ progressive programming ⓘ public affairs programming ⓘ role in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | station whose broadcast was at issue in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | FM radio ⓘ |
| mission | to provide listener-sponsored, noncommercial, educational radio ⓘ |
| network |
Pacifica Radio
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacifica Radio Network
|
| notableBroadcast |
George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" monologue
ⓘ
surface form:
George Carlin’s “Filthy Words” monologue
|
| owner | Pacifica Foundation ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Pacifica Foundation ⓘ |
| programmingOrientation |
left-leaning
ⓘ
progressive ⓘ |
| regulator | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| sisterStations |
KPFA
ⓘ
KPFK ⓘ KPFT ⓘ WPFW ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| supremeCourtCaseOutcomeRelatedToStation | upheld FCC’s power to regulate indecent broadcasts ⓘ |
| targetAudience | New York City progressive and activist communities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WBAI Description of subject: WBAI is a New York City-based listener-supported, noncommercial radio station known for its progressive programming and its central role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court indecency case FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WBAI radio (as poetry program host/reader)
this entity surface form:
free speech radio
this entity surface form:
WBAI radio