WWSP

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WWSP
Frequency 89.9 MHz
Branding90fm Your Only Alternative
Programming
Format Alternative
Affiliations AP Radio
Ownership
OwnerBoard of Regents, University of Wisconsin System
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 4286
Class C2
ERP 30,000 watts
HAAT 97.9 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 44°28′55.00″N89°40′35.00″W / 44.4819444°N 89.6763889°W / 44.4819444; -89.6763889
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website Official website

WWSP (89.9 FM) is a student-operated radio station broadcasting from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The station is owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Broadcasting an alternative format, it features locally sourced programming augmented by AP Radio. [2] [3]

Each April the station hosts a trivia contest run by local radio personality Jim "Oz" Oliva and John Eckendorf. It serves as a fundraiser for the station and the college. Billing itself as "The World's Largest Trivia Contest," the contest regularly draws 12,000 players with local participants from Portage County and other counties such as Wood and Marathon. [4] Distant teams and displaced members of local teams can also participate remotely through the station's webcast.

In 2019, the governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, declared the second weekend of April "Trivia Weekend". [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WWSP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WWSP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WWSP Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Trivia returns to Stevens Point for 46th year". The Stevens Point Journal . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Inc, Midwest Communications. "Governor Evers to declare trivia weekend in Wisconsin". WSAU. Retrieved April 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ "Gov. Evers to declare second weekend in April as Trivia Weekend for State - Stevens Point News". stevenspoint.news. April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.


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