WFSU-FM and WFSW

WFSU-FM:Tallahassee, Florida WFSW:Panama City, Florida United States
Frequencies	WFSU-FM:88.9MHz WFSW:89.1MHz
Branding	WFSU Public Media
Programming
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	NPR Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner	Florida State University
Sister stations	WFSU-TV
History
First air date	WFSU-FM: July 1954 (1954-7) and to 88.9 in1990 WFSW: March 18, 1996 (1996-3-18)
Call sign meaning	Florida State University
Technical information[1][2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	WFSU-FM: 21799 WFSW: 93708
Class	WFSU-FM: C WFSW: C1
ERP	WFSU-FM: 90,000watts WFSW: 100,000 watts
HAAT	WFSU-FM: 379 m (1,243 ft) WFSW: 123 m (404 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	WFSU-FM:30°40′13.00″N83°56′26.00″W / 30.6702778°N 83.9405556°W /30.6702778; -83.9405556 WFSW:30°50′12.00″N83°58′57.00″W / 30.8366667°N 83.9825000°W /30.8366667; -83.9825000
Translator(s)	See § Stations
Links
Public license information	WFSU-FM: Public file LMS WFSW: Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live Listen live
Website	WFSU website

WFSU is the callsign (or variations thereon) for publicradio stations operated byFlorida State University inTallahassee, Florida.

WFSU operates three radio stations that serve northern Florida:

WFSU-FM (88.9 FM) is a Tallahassee-based news/talk/public affairs station carrying severalNPR programs and overnightBBC World Service programming. Also relays to the following translators:

WFSQ (91.5 FM) is a Tallahassee-basedclassical music station. Also heard onWFSL (90.7 FM) inThomasville, Georgia, and relays to the following translator:

WFSW (89.1 FM) is aPanama City-based news/talk/public affairs station. Offers many of the same programs as WFSU. Also relays to the following translators:

Florida State entered radio on January 21, 1949, when WFSU started as a student-run radio station at 660AM. Due to the terms of its license, the signal was limited to the confines of the Florida State campus. It was on the air for three hours every night during the week, with a lineup of campus news, interviews, music and an occasional radio drama.

The station was forced off the air in April1953 due to complaints that the signal was leaking off campus. Florida State applied for a low-powered FM license, and WFSU returned to the air at 91.5 FM in July1954. Soon afterward, it joined the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, allowing it to significantly upgrade its programming with offerings fromBBC World Service andRadio France. It also began carryingSeminoles football games because no commercial station in Tallahassee would carry them.

In1970, WFSU-FM became a charter member of NPR, and was one of the 90 stations to carry the initial broadcast ofAll Things Considered. In the 1970s, it shifted to a format of mostly classical music.

The station continued to grow during the 1980s, but was somewhat hampered by problems with its signal. Unlike most NPR stations of the time, it had no backup power source for its transmitter, resulting in frequent outages. The station's reception was also marginal at best in the northeastern part of the city, which is very hilly. To solve the problem, WFSU won approval for a new station on 88.9 FM, operating from a new tower northeast of Tallahassee. All NPR news and information programming moved there on October 14, 1990. Classical music remained on 91.5, which received new call letters, WFSQ. However, due to the legal structure of the changeover, theFederal Communications Commission considers WFSQ to be the same station as the old WFSU. To improve its coverage on the Georgia side of the market, Florida State started WFSL in2003.

WFSW signed on in1996, providing Panama City with a second NPR service, alongsideGulf Coast Community College'sWKGC-FM. Panama City is one of the smallest cities in the country with separate NPR stations.

In June 2011, it was revealed that WFSU will receive $2.8 million in funding for various services related to Florida government. This is despite the $4.8 million of funding to other public radio and television stations vetoed by GovernorRick Scott in May 2011.^[5]

• WVFS (not affiliated with WFSU)

• WFSU website
• Facility details for Facility ID 21799 (WFSU-FM) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WFSU-FM inNielsen Audio's FM station database

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• NPR member stations
• Florida State University
• Classical music radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations in Tallahassee, Florida
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• Radio stations established in 1949
• 1949 establishments in Florida
• College radio stations in Florida

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