WISU is a non-commercial, educational radio station licensed to Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. The station operates on the assigned FM frequency of 89.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 13,500 watts. The studios are located in Dreiser Hall on the ISU campus. The tower and transmitter facilities are located in West Terre Haute, Indiana. Under the personal supervision of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster of the Air,"[1] Dr. Clarence M. Morgan, who with his son Dr. Thomas O. Morgan helped build the station, WISU began broadcasting on April 1, 1964. WISU is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission as a Class B FM station, which would allow a maximum power of 46,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP), using an antenna height of 156 meters.[2]
The original program schedule of student created live broadcasts is well documented in the annual reports written by Dr. Clarence M. Morgan, the Director of Radio Activities at Indiana State College, from 1934 to 1969, when he retired.[3]
wisu, commercial, educational, radio, station, licensed, indiana, state, university, terre, haute, indiana, station, operates, assigned, frequency, with, effective, radiated, power, watts, studios, located, dreiser, hall, campus, tower, transmitter, facilities. WISU is a non commercial educational radio station licensed to Indiana State University in Terre Haute Indiana The station operates on the assigned FM frequency of 89 7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 13 500 watts The studios are located in Dreiser Hall on the ISU campus The tower and transmitter facilities are located in West Terre Haute Indiana Under the personal supervision of the Hoosier Schoolmaster of the Air 1 Dr Clarence M Morgan who with his son Dr Thomas O Morgan helped build the station WISU began broadcasting on April 1 1964 WISU is licensed by the U S Federal Communications Commission as a Class B FM station which would allow a maximum power of 46 000 watts effective radiated power ERP using an antenna height of 156 meters 2 WISUTerre Haute IndianaBroadcast areaTerre Haute IndianaFrequency89 7 MHzBrandingWISU 89 7 FMProgrammingFormatPublic radioAffiliationsNational Public Radio since 2014 OwnershipOwnerIndiana State UniversityHistoryFirst air date1964Call sign meaningW Indiana State UniversityTechnical informationFacility ID28603ClassBERP13 500 wattsHAAT156 meters 512 ft LinksWebsiteWISU Online Contents 1 Programming 2 Notable former staff 3 References 4 External linksProgramming editThe original program schedule of student created live broadcasts is well documented in the annual reports written by Dr Clarence M Morgan the Director of Radio Activities at Indiana State College from 1934 to 1969 when he retired 3 In 2014 WISU began carrying NPR and local programming in collaboration with WFYI in Indianapolis 4 Previously Terre Haute had received NPR programming from WILL AM in Urbana Illinois and a translator of WFIU in Bloomington Indiana Notable former staff editTodd Clem Bubba The Love Sponge References edit Myers 2016 FMpower Find ERP for an FM Station Class Archived from the original on January 6 2015 Retrieved January 19 2015 Myers 2016 http www wfyi org files file wfyi to partner with isu pdf bare URL PDF External links editWISU in the FCC FM station database WISU on Radio Locator WISU in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 39 30 25 N 87 31 52 W 39 507 N 87 531 W 39 507 87 531 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Indiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WISU amp oldid 1176785073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
