WESU

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WESU
City of license Middletown, Connecticut
Branding All the Way Left 88.1 FM
Frequency 88.1 MHz
Format Educational
Audience share 0.2 (FALL 2007, RRC[1])
ERP 1,500 watts
HAAT 12.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 71537
Transmitter Coordinates 41°33′16.00″N 72°39′30.00″W / 41.5544444, -72.6583333
Callsign meaning W'e'sleyan University[2]
Affiliations National Public Radio
Owner Wesleyan University
Website wesufm.org

WESU is a college radio station in the United States, founded in 1939. It is currently owned by trustees of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and operated by students and community volunteers. Between 1968 and 1990, WESU was owned and operated by an independent student group, the now-defunct Wesleyan Broadcast Association, Inc.[citation needed]

WESU broadcasts at 88.1 MHz on the FM dial, with 1,500 Watts ERP from the top of the Wesleyan University Science Tower in Middletown, Connecticut. The programming is presently a mix of freeform and National Public Radio. WESU also broadcasts Democracy Now! and Free Speech Radio News from the Pacifica Radio Network.

Contents

[edit] WESU Magazine

WESU Magazine is a music and radio themed publication created by Wesleyan students, Middletown community members, and WESU DJs. This magazine creates a look for freeform radio by placing works of diverse content into print. It is a unique method for creating independent media that promotes the value of an non-commercial college radio station.

[edit] Notable Alumni

  • Len Besthoff[3] (Sports Director - late 80's) is currently a reporter for WFSB-TV in Hartford

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hartford-NewBritain-Middltwn Market Ratings", Radio Research Consortium, Arbitron, FALL 2007. 
  2. ^ Call Letter Origins. Radio History on the Web.
  3. ^ Len Besthoff Bio. WFSB-TV. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.

[edit] External links

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