WUIS
| City of license | Springfield, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 91.9 (MHz) |
| Repeaters | 89.3 WIPA Pittsfield |
| First air date | January 3, 1975 |
| Format | Public radio |
| ERP | 50,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
| Class | B (NCE) |
| Facility ID | 59012 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Former callsigns | WSSR (1975-1989) WSSU (1989-1995) |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio |
| Owner | University of Illinois at Springfield (Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois) |
| Webcast | Listen |
| Website | http://www.wuis.org/ |
WUIS (91.9 FM), is a National Public Radio-affiliated station in Springfield, Illinois, USA. It primarily features National Public Radio 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.
External links
- WUIS official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WUIS
- Radio-Locator information on WUIS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WUIS
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