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| Frequency | 90.5MHz |
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| Branding | WASU-FM The App |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| Affiliations | Appalachian State University |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Appalachian State University |
| History | |
First air date | 1972 (1972) |
Call sign meaning | Appalachian State University |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2467 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 220watts |
| HAAT | 29.7 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°13′59.00″N81°41′55.00″W / 36.2330556°N 81.6986111°W /36.2330556; -81.6986111 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wasuradio.com |
WASU-FM (90.5FM) is acollege radiostation broadcasting analternative rock format. The station is owned byAppalachian State University inBoone, North Carolina, the station'scity of license. Their transmitter sits atop Rich Mountain in Watauga county.
The station playscollege rock and does a weekly news segment called App 1800 covering local issues. WASU is the winner ofmtvU's "College Radio Woodie Award" for 2012, the "Shoulda Coulda Woodie Award" for 2011, and was a 2008 Finalist in the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards.[2]
1972: Signed on with the first song being Beginnings byChicago.
1978: Moves to Wey Hall.
2013: WASU begins broadcasting from the new George G. Beasley Media Complex with the song "I Will Wait" byMumford & Sons. The last song played from Wey Hall is "Start Me Up" byThe Rolling Stones.[3]
WASU has a variety of specialty shows that happen after 6pm. These shows allow for genres and shows that students produce to geton-air.
WASU operates a sports department that offers interested students opportunities to gain experience in the field ofsports broadcasting.
Members of the sports team host an hour-long sports talk show called SportsWrAPP that airs live on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school year.
Students also have opportunities to broadcast sporting events forApp State Athletics. Broadcast roles for games include play-by-play commentator, color commentator, sideline reporter (football and basketball only) and board operator/studio host. All homefootball,men's basketball and selectbaseball games are broadcast over-the-air on 90.5 FM in Boone, as well as the online live stream on WASU's website. Other sporting events, such aswomen's basketball, women's volleyball and select baseball games not aired on the station are instead broadcast over audio only streams onTwitch orYouTube.
The department also has a partnership withLees-McRae College in nearbyBanner Elk, North Carolina. This partnership gives students the opportunity to commentate home sporting events for Lees-McRae Athletics on theConference Carolinas Digital Network streaming platform.
Stephen Dubner - Author, journalist and podcast host
http://shouldacouldawoodie.mtvu.com/
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