WPSU-FM

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WPSU-FM

Broadcast area	State College, PA
Branding	"Penn State Public Broadcasting"
Frequency	91.5 (MHz)
Format	News/Classical Music
ERP	1,700 watts
Class	B1
Callsign meaning	"W Pennsylvania State University"
Owner	Pennsylvania State University
Website	www.wpsu.org

WPSU-FM is a National Public Radio member on 91.5 MHz owned by Pennsylvania State University as a part of Penn State Public Broadcasting. It reaches some 500,000 households in central Pennsylvania and southern New York, as well as a few households in western Pennsylvania.

Its production facilities are located along Innovation Park Boulevard outside of State College.

With transmitters located throughout the region, WPSU-FM now serves over 500,000 listeners [1] in 12 central counties of the Commonwealth, 24 hours a day.

Through nationally- and locally-produced news, features and music programs, WPSU-FM offers a variety of programming for a widely diverse listening audience.

Contents 1 History 2 Schedule 3 Internet 3.1 Live Streaming 3.2 Podcasts 4 Relationship with WKPS 5 See also 6 External link

[edit] History

WPSU-FM began as a local student operated radio station, then called WDFM, in 1953, and has evolved into central Pennsylvania’s only full service National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate.

[edit] Schedule

WPSU-FM is a typical NPR station that also plays classical music.

Monday-Friday schedule:

• 5am-9am: Morning Edition
• 9am-3pm: Classical Music
• 3pm-4pm: PRI: The World
• 4pm-6pm: All Things Considered
• 6pm-7pm: Marketplace

(Source: http://publicbroadcasting.net/wpsu/guide.guidemain)

[edit] Internet

[edit] Live Streaming

WPSU-FM's signal is streamed across the Internet 24-hours a day. [2]

[edit] Podcasts

WPSU-FM also has podcasts of the following programs:

• WPSU Morning News
• WPSU Weekly Features
• BookMark
• Penn State Forum
• Take Note Radio

[edit] Relationship with WKPS

When it signed on in December 1953, WPSU-FM was the student station for Penn State under the call letters WDFM. In the mid 1990s, with more and more national programming from NPR taking up more time on the "student" station, a new station and signal was created -- WKPS -- that became the full-time student station. They operate independently from WPSU-FM.

[edit] See also

WPSU-TV - a PBS TV station

WKPS - Lion Radio

WPSE - Penn State Erie's Money Station

[edit] External link

• WPSU website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WPSU

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Radio stations in the State College, Pennsylvania market (Arbitron #254)
By frequency	FM Stations: 87.7¹ | 89.1 | 89.9 | 90.7 | 91.5 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 97.1 | 98.1 | 98.7 | 99.5 | 101.1 | 103.1 | 105.9 | 107.9 AM Stations: 670 | 970 | 1390 | 1450 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (NBC)
By callsign	Active stations: WBHV | WBLF | WBUS | WFGY | WGMR | WIEZ | WJOW | WKPS | WKVB | WLTS | WMAJ | WOWY | WPSU | WQWK | WRSC | WRXV | WSGY | WTLR | WZWW Past stations: WDFM | WIKN | WUBZ
Other	See also: List of AM stations in State College and List of FM stations in State College Pennsylvania Radio Markets Allentown | Altoona | Erie | Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon (FM) (AM) | Indiana | Johnstown | Lancaster (FM) (AM) | Meadville-Franklin | Philadelphia (FM) (AM) | Pittsburgh (FM) (AM) | Reading | State College | Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | Williamsport | York (FM) (AM) See also: List of radio stations in Pennsylvania and List of United States radio markets