WSSU (FM) explained

WSSU
City:Superior, Wisconsin
Area:Duluth/Superior
Branding:WPR News and Classical
Airdate: [1]
Format:Public radio, Classical music, News
Erp:950 watts
Haat:100m (300feet)
Class:A
Facility Id:89432
Coordinates:46° 47' 20.40" N 92° 06' 49.10" W[2]
Callsign Meaning:WiSconsin-SUperior
Affiliations:Wisconsin Public Radio
NPR
American Public Media
Owner:Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Webcast:Listen Live
Website:wpr.org
Licensing Authority:FCC

WSSU (88.5 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin, and serving the Duluth/Superior area. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs the WPR News network. WSSU also broadcasts local news and programming from studios in the Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

The WSSU call letters had originally been on sister Ideas Network station KUWS from its sign-on in 1966 until 1988. From 1989 to 1995, WSSU was used by a Springfield, IL public radio station which was formerly WSSR and later WUIS.

References

  1. Web site: Broadcasting News-August 2012.
  2. FCC FM Database, http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=89432

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