WSSU
Broadcast areaDuluth/Superior
Frequency88.5 MHz
Programming
FormatPublic radio, Classical music, News
AffiliationsWisconsin Public Radio, NPR, American Public Media
Ownership
OwnerWisconsin Educational Communications Board
History
First air date
August 24, 2012 (2012-08-24) [1]
Call sign meaning
WiSconsin-SUperior
Technical information
Facility ID89432
ClassA
ERP950 watts
HAAT100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
46° 47' 20.40" N 92° 06' 49.10" W[2]
Links
WebcastStream
WebsiteWisconsin Public Radio

WSSU (88.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin, and serving the Duluth/Superior area. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music and news and talk programming. 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. "Broadcasting News-August 2012".
  2. FCC FM Database, http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=89432

46°47′20″N 92°06′49″W / 46.789°N 92.113639°W / 46.789; -92.113639


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