WUIS
Frequency | 91.9 (MHz) (HD Radio) |
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Branding | NPR Illinois |
Programming | |
Format | FM/HD1: Public radio HD2: Classical music "NPR Illinois Classic" HD3: AAA "The X" |
Affiliations | National Public Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | January 3, 1975 |
Former call signs | WSSR (1975-1989) WSSU (1989-1995) |
Call sign meaning | University of Illinois at Springfield |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 59012 |
Class | B (NCE) |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°47′0.2″N 89°26′46.3″W / 39.783389°N 89.446194°W |
Repeater(s) | 89.3 WIPA Pittsfield |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3) |
Website | nprillinois.org |
WUIS (91.9 FM), 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 at Springfield. It operates a full-time satellite, WIPA in Pittsfield, Illinois. WIPA serves a small portion of the Quincy market.
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."
HD Radio Custom Station Name
- HD1 is a digital simulcast of the traditional analog signal's NPR news format.[1]
- HD2 is known as "NPR Illinois Classic".[2]
- HD3 is known as "The X".[3]
External links
- WUIS official website
- ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WUIS in the FCC FM station database
- WUIS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WIPA in the FCC FM station database
- WIPA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database