WPSR (FM)

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WPSR
WPSR 90.7 logo.jpg
City Evansville, Indiana
Broadcast area Southwestern Indiana
Frequency 90.7 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingMix 90.7
Slogan Evansville's Real Variety
Programming
Format Variety
Subchannels HD2: WSWI simulcast (Alternative rock)
Ownership
Owner Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
History
First air date
1957
Call sign meaning
Public Service Radio
Technical information
Facility ID 20032
Class B1
ERP 14,000 watts
HAAT 50 meters (160 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°1′45.00″N87°34′42.00″W / 38.0291667°N 87.5783333°W / 38.0291667; -87.5783333
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website wpsrhd.com

WPSR (90.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Evansville, Indiana, the station is currently owned by the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation as a high school radio station. [1] [2] The station is also broadcast on HD radio. [3]

The station initially only broadcast from 6:45 a.m.–2:45 p.m. on school days when it went on the air in the 1950s. In the 1990s, broadcasts were expanded until midnight every night. During the non-school hours, the station would play automated 1980s music. Originally located in Central High School, the station is now a full 24/7 service broadcasting from the Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center in Evansville, Indiana.

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References

  1. "WPSR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WPSR Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "HD Radio Station Guide". HD Radio. iBiquity.