User:Beatgr/WIUW
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| Broadcast area | Illinois |
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| Branding | TriStates Public Radio |
| Slogan | ' |
| First air date | 1995 |
| Frequency | 89.5 (MHz) |
| Format | NPR |
| ERP | 10 kW |
| Class | B1 |
| Owner | Western Illinois University |
| Website | Tri States Radio |
WIUW (89.7 FM) is a 10,000 watt radio station in Warsaw, Illinois, in western Illinois along the Mississippi River. This station serves southeastern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and western Illinois. Western Illinois University is the station licensee, authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.
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[edit] Misison
Tri States Public Radio is an outreach service of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Western Illinois University. We provide information and entertainment of the highest possible caliber to enrich and engage the public, enhance quality of life, and meet the diverse needs of people in our region and beyond.
[edit] Format
Tri States Public Radio is the region's voice for award-winning National Public Radio news and locally produced programming. Our listeners enjoy classical music, as well as the uniquely American sounds of jazz and folk music. We are the area's premier public radio service, catering to a growing group of discriminating listeners. From our humble beginnings in 1956 as a student-run laboratory in Western Illinois University's Tillman Hall, we have become the region's National Public Radio member station broadcasting quality programs that inform, enlighten and entertain.
[edit] History
- 1995 - Tri States Public Radio is born as WIUW signs on at 89.5 FM. The new tower and transmitter just outside Warsaw, Illinois extend public radio service into southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri.
- 2002 - Tri States Public Radio moves into a new, state-of-the-art broadcast facility at 320 University Drive at the front door of the Western Illinois University campus.
- 2004 - Tri States Public Radio becomes part of the College of Fine Arts and Communication. The Southeast Iowa News Bureau in the Hotel Iowa in downtown Keokuk opens.
- 2005 - Tri States Public Radio becomes the first University-licensed public radio service in the state of Illinois to begin broadcasting with HD (high definition) Radio technology.
