WSAU (AM)

WSAU

File:WSAU Logo 2015.jpg
City of license	Wausau, Wisconsin
Branding	550 & 99.9 WSAU
Frequency	550 AM (kHz)
Repeaters	WSAU-FM 99.9 Rudolph-Stevens Point
First air date	1937
Format	News/Talk
Audience share	6.0, #5 (Sp'06, R&R)
Power	15,000 watts (day) 20,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	41902
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	WauSAU
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Duey E. Wright (WRIG, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDEZ, WIFC, WOZZ, WRIG, WSAU-FM
Website	wsau.com

WSAU (550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format serving Wausau, Wisconsin, USA area, and simulcasted on WSAU-FM 99.9 in Stevens Point (licensed to Rudolph). The station is owned by Midwest Communications and features two local morning talk shows as well as local news and updates from Fox News Radio at the top of every hour.

The station carries talk shows from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, as well as Coast to Coast AM. WSAU is also the local outlet of Green Bay Packers football, Milwaukee Brewers baseball, and Wisconsin Badgers football play-by-play.

WSAU radio towers are located along County Highway X in Kronenwetter, Wisconsin. In September 2009, WSAU began simulcasting WSAU-FM 99.9 in Rudolph, Wisconsin (near Stevens Point).

History

The Milwaukee Journal Company began operation of WSAU June 20, 1947. Along with the purchase, the Journal Company absorbed the previous owner, Northern Broadcasting Company. Originally broadcasting on 1400 Khz with 250 watts, later moving to the present 550 Khz, the frequency of the now defunct WOSA, which was owned and operated by Congressman Alvin E O'Konski, who later founded WAEO-TV, Rhinelander.

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WSAU
• Radio-Locator Information on WSAU
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSAU