WUIS explained

WUIS
City:Springfield, Illinois
Branding:NPR Illinois
Repeater:89.3 WIPA Pittsfield
Airdate:January 3, 1975 (as WSSR)
Format:Public radio
Subchannels:HD1: WUIS analog
HD2: Classical "NPR Illinois Classic"
HD3: AAA "The X"
Erp:50,000 watts
Haat:152m (499feet)
Class:B (NCE)
Facility Id:59012
Coordinates:39.7834°N -89.4462°W
Callsign Meaning:University of Illinois at Springfield
Former Callsigns:WSSR (1975–1989)
WSSU (1989–1995)
Affiliations:National Public Radio
Owner:University of Illinois Springfield
Licensee:Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Webcast:Listen Live
Listen Live (Classic)
Listen Live (The X)
Website:nprillinois.org
Licensing Authority:FCC

WUIS (91.9 FM), branded on-air as NPR Illinois, is the National Public Radio member station in Springfield, Illinois, United States. It primarily features National Public Radio news and talk programming. The station is owned by and based at the University of Illinois Springfield. It operates a full-time satellite, WIPA in Pittsfield, which serves a small portion of the Quincy market.

History

WUIS originally hit the airwaves on January 3, 1975, as WSSR, operated by what was then Sangamon State University. It became WSSU in 1989, and adopted its current calls when Sangamon State merged with the University of Illinois system in 1995.

WIPA was brought online in 1993.

In 2015, the station rebranded as "NPR Illinois."

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