WFSU-FM

WFSU-FM/WFSQ/WFSL/WFSW
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City of license	Tallahassee, Florida (WFSU & WFSQ); Panama City, Florida (WFSW); Thomasville, Georgia (WFSL)
Broadcast area	Tallahassee, Florida; Panama City, Florida; North Central Florida; Southwest Georgia
Frequency	88.9 FM (MHz) (WFSU); 91.5 FM (MHz) (WFSQ); 89.1 FM (MHz) (WFSW); 90.7 FM (MHz) (WFSL)
First air date	WFSU-FM: January 21, 1949 (on 660 AM, moved to 91.5 FM in 1954 and to 88.9 in 1990); WFSQ: October 14, 1990; WFSW: March 18, 1996; WFSL: April 15, 2003
Format	Public Radio (WFSU & WFSW); Classical Music (WFSQ & WFSL)
ERP	WFSU-FM: 90,000 watts; WFSQ: 86,000 watts; WFSW: 100,000 watts; WFSL: 250 watts
HAAT	WFSU-FM: 379 meters; WFSQ: 224 meters; WFSW: 123 meters; WFSL: 47 meters
Class	WFSU-FM: C; WFSQ & WFSL: A; WFSW: C1
Facility ID	WFSU-FM: 21799; WFSQ: 21803; WFSW: 93708; WFSL: 21798
Transmitter coordinates	WFSU-FM: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; WFSQ: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; WFSW: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; WFSL: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Callsign meaning	W Florida State University
Affiliations	National Public Radio; Public Radio International
Owner	Florida State University
Sister stations	WVFS & WFSU-TV
Webcast	WFSU-FM Webstream; WFSQ Webstream; WFSW Webstream
Website	WFSU website

WFSU is the callsign (or variations thereon) for public radio stations operated by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.

WFSU also operates 3 radio stations that serve northern Florida:

'WFSU-FM' 88.9 FM: Tallahassee-based news/talk/public affairs station carrying several NPR programs and overnight BBC World Service programming. Also heard on these low-powered repeaters:
- 97.1 - Carrabelle
- 106.1 - Marianna
- 96.7 - Apalachicola
- 93.7 - Downtown Tallahassee (necessary because the main WFSU transmitter must conform its signal to protect WTSU in Troy, Alabama)

WFSQ 91.5 FM: Tallahassee-based classical music station. Also heard on WFSL 90.7 FM in Thomasville, Georgia, and on low-powered 92.7 FM in the northeast portion of the city of Tallahassee.

WFSW 89.1 FM: Panama City-based news/talk/public affairs station. Offers many of the same programs as WFSU. Also heard on low-powered 91.1 FM in the Port St. Joe area along the Gulf of Mexico, as well as 94.5 FM in Fort Walton Beach.

History

Florida State entered radio on January 21, 1949, when WFSU signed on as a student-run radio station at 660 AM. Due to the terms of its license, the signal was limited to the confines of the Florida State campus. It was on the air for three hours every night during the week, with a lineup of campus news, interviews, music and an occasional play.

The station was forced off the air in April 1953 due to complaints that the signal was leaking off campus. Florida State applied for a low-powered FM license, and WFSU returned to the air at 91.5 FM in July 1954. Soon afterward, it joined the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, allowing it to significantly upgrade its programming with offerings from BBC World Service and Radio France. It also began carrying Seminoles football games after no commercial station would carry them.

In 1970, WFSU-FM became a charter member of NPR, and was one of the 90 stations to carry the initial broadcast of All Things Considered. In the 1970s, it shifted to a format of mostly classical music.

The station continued to grow during the 1980s, but was somewhat hampered by problems with its signal. Unlike most NPR stations of the time, it had no backup power source for its transmitter, resulting in frequent outages. The station's reception was also marginal at best in the northeastern part of the city, which is very hilly. To solve the problem, WFSU won approval for a new station on 88.9 FM, operating from a new tower northeast of Tallahassee. All NPR news and information programming moved there on October 14, 1990. Classical music remained on 91.5, which received new call letters, WFSQ. However, due to the legal structure of the changeover, the Federal Communications Commission considers WFSQ to be the same station as the old WFSU. To improve its coverage on the Georgia side of the market, Florida State signed on WFSL in 2003.

WFSW signed on in 1996, providing Panama City with a second NPR service, alongside Gulf Coast Community College's WKGC. Panama City is one of the smallest cities in the country with separate NPR stations.

Controversy

In June 2011, it was revealed that WFSU will receive $2.8 million in funding for various services related to Florida government. This is despite the $4.8 million of funding to other public radio and television stations vetoed by Governor Rick Scott in May 2011.^[1]

References

↑ St. Petersburg Times: "Gov. Rick Scott's veto of public TV and radio funds spares capital's WFSU", June 6, 2011.

External links

[1] St. Petersburg Times: "Gov. Rick Scott's veto of public TV and radio funds spares capital's WFSU", June 6, 2011.

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Student life	4FSU Asolo Repertory Theatre The Florida Channel FSU Flying High Circus FSU Pananole FSView & Florida Flambeau Global Peace Exchange Greek life Monarchy Party Pow Wow Reservation StarMetro Tallahassee WFSU-FM WFSU-TV WVFS The Yeti
Campus	Don Veller Golf Course FSU-Panama Innovation Park Leach Recreation Center Oglesby Student Union Panama City Campus Powell Alumni Green Rec SportsPlex Ringling Museum of Art Southwest Tallahassee Campus Student housing Westcott Building

v t e Radio stations in the Tallahassee, Florida market
By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.9 93.3 94.1 94.9 96.1 97.3 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.1 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.9
By AM frequency	730 790 840 930 1070 1240 1270 1330 1400 1410 1450 1580
By callsign	WAKU WANK WANM WAYT WBZE WCVC WFLA-FM WFRF (AM) WFRF-FM WFRU WFSD-LP WFSQ WFSU-FM WGEX WGLF WGMY WGRA WHBT WHBX WHTF WKVH WMGR WPAX WPRY WQTL WSTT WTAL WTCL WTLY WTNT-FM WTSM WUJC WVFS WVFT WWLD WWOF WXSR
Defunct	WJZT 97.9 FM WSBX 1020 AM WWSD 1230 AM
Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Florida List of radio stations in Georgia

v t e Radio stations in the Panama City, Florida market
By AM frequency	590 1000 1290 1430 1480
By FM frequency	88.5 89.1 89.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.5 95.1 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 100.5 101.1 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.9 107.9
By callsign	WASJ WBPC WBYW WDBW-LP WDIZ WEBZ WFCT WFFL WFLF-FM WFSW WFSY WILN WJTF WKGC WKGC-FM WKNK WLTG WOYS WPAP WPCF WPCU-LP WPFM WPHK WRBA WTKP WVVE WYBT WYOO WYYX W230CA W242BF
Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida Dothan Radio

v t e Radio stations in the Valdosta, Georgia market
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.5 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.7 97.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 102.7 104.1 105.3 105.9 107.9
By AM frequency	810 910 950 1150 1450
By callsign	WAAC WAFT WAYT WDDQ WFSU-FM WGCN WGLF WGOV-FM WGUN WHLJ-FM WJEM WKAA WMTM-FM WOBB WQPW WRFV WSTI-FM WVDA WVGA-FM WVKV WVLD WVVS-FM WWET WWRQ-FM WXHT WZYN
Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia List of radio stations in Florida Tallahassee Radio Lake City Radio

v t e NPR member stations in the state of Florida
Stations	Ft. Myers WGCU-FM Ft. Pierce WQCS Gainesville WUFT-FM Inverness WJUF Jacksonville WJCT-FM Marathon WKWM Marco Island WMKO Melbourne WFIT Miami WDNA Miami WLRN-FM Orlando WMFE-FM Orlando WUCF-FM Panama City WFSW Pensacola WUWF Sarasota WSMR Tallahassee WFSQ Tallahassee WFSU-FM Tampa WMNF Tampa WUSF West Palm Beach WFLV-HD2
See also List of NPR stations
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida

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File:WFSU.jpg
City of license	Tallahassee, Florida (WFSU & WFSQ) Panama City, Florida (WFSW) Thomasville, Georgia (WFSL)
Broadcast area	Tallahassee, Florida Panama City, Florida North Central Florida Southwest Georgia
Frequency	88.9 FM (MHz) (WFSU) 91.5 FM (MHz) (WFSQ) 89.1 FM (MHz) (WFSW) 90.7 FM (MHz) (WFSL)
First air date	WFSU-FM: January 21, 1949 (on 660 AM, moved to 91.5 FM in 1954 and to 88.9 in 1990) WFSQ: October 14, 1990 WFSW: March 18, 1996 WFSL: April 15, 2003
Format	Public Radio (WFSU & WFSW) Classical Music (WFSQ & WFSL)
ERP	WFSU-FM: 90,000 watts WFSQ: 86,000 watts WFSW: 100,000 watts WFSL: 250 watts
HAAT	WFSU-FM: 379 meters WFSQ: 224 meters WFSW: 123 meters WFSL: 47 meters
Class	WFSU-FM: C WFSQ & WFSL: A WFSW: C1
Facility ID	WFSU-FM: 21799 WFSQ: 21803 WFSW: 93708 WFSL: 21798
Transmitter coordinates	WFSU-FM: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. WFSQ: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. WFSW: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. WFSL: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Callsign meaning	W Florida State University
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio International
Owner	Florida State University
Sister stations	WVFS & WFSU-TV
Webcast	WFSU-FM Webstream WFSQ Webstream WFSW Webstream
Website	WFSU website

v t e NPR member stations in the state of Georgia
GPB stations	Albany WUNV Athens WUGA Augusta WACG-FM Brunswick WWIO-FM Carrolton WUWG Chatsworth WNGH-FM Dahlonega WNGU Demorest WPPR Folkston WATY Ft. Gaines WJWV Macon WMUM-FM Rome WGPB Savannah WSVH Tifton WABR Valdosta WWET Warm Springs WJSP-FM Waycross WXVS
Other stations	Atlanta WABE Atlanta WCLK Columbus WTJB Thomasville WFSL
See also List of NPR stations
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Georgia