WWSP (89.9 FM) is a student-operated radio station broadcasting from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The station is owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Broadcasting an alternative format, it features locally sourced programming augmented by AP Radio.[2][3]
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| Frequency | 89.9 MHz |
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| Branding | 90fm Your Only Alternative |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative |
| Affiliations | AP Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4286 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 30,000 watts |
| HAAT | 97.9 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°28′55.00″N 89°40′35.00″W / 44.4819444°N 89.6763889°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | Official website |
Each April the station hosts a trivia contest run by local radio personality Jim "Oz" Oliva and John Eckendorf. It serves as a fundraiser for the station and the college. Billing itself as "The World's Largest Trivia Contest," the contest regularly draws 12,000 players with local participants from Portage County and other counties such as Wood and Marathon.[4] Distant teams and displaced members of local teams can also participate remotely through the station's webcast.
In 2019, the governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, declared the second weekend of April "Trivia Weekend".[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWSP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WWSP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WWSP Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Trivia returns to Stevens Point for 46th year". The Stevens Point Journal. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ Inc, Midwest Communications. "Governor Evers to declare trivia weekend in Wisconsin". WSAU. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Gov. Evers to declare second weekend in April as Trivia Weekend for State - Stevens Point News". stevenspoint.news. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 4286 (WWSP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WWSP in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- The World's Largest Trivia Contest
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