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Radio Stations In Wisconsin
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission, FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, which can be sorted by their Call signs in North America, call signs, frequency, frequencies, city of license, cities of license, licensees, and radio format, programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAWA (AM), WAWA * WCCX * WDLB-FM * WEBC-FM * WFMR (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), WFMR * WGBP-FM * WGLR (AM), WGLR * WOKW (Wisconsin), WOKW * WRNC-LP * WRZC-LP * WXXD-LP * WZRK (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin), WZRK References External links Northpine: Upper Midwest BroadcastingWisconsin Radio & TV Discussion ForumYour Midwest Media: Radio & TV Station Listings, News & Information {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio stations in Wisconsin Radio stations in Wisconsin, Lists of radio stations in the United States, Wisconsin Wisconsin-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the previous Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries in North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is a network of 38 public radio radio station, stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct services, the ''WPR News Network'' and the ''WPR Music Network''. History Wisconsin Public Radio has origins that date to 1914. For history prior to the formation of Wisconsin Public Radio, see WHA (AM). The first real steps toward the building of what would become Wisconsin Public Radio began in 1947, with the sign-on of WHA-FM (now WERN) as a sister station to WHA. Between 1948 and 1965, seven more FM stations signed on as part of what was initially dubbed Wisconsin Educational Radio. The network became Wisconsin Public Radio in 1971, when it became a charter member of NPR, National Public Radio. Shortly afterward, the merger of the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin State University systems into the present-day University of Wisconsin System greatly increased WPR's reach. WPR News WPR News is devoted mostly to NPR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd, Wisconsin
Boyd is an autonomous village in the town of Delmar, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 605 at the 2020 census. Geography Boyd is located at (44.951890, -91.039134), several miles west of Stanley in the same town, and also settled and platted when the Wisconsin Central Railroad built its line through the area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 552 people, 237 households, and 150 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 253 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.8% White, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.7% of the population. There were 237 households, of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley, Wisconsin
Stanley is a city in Chippewa and Clark counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,804 at the 2020 census. Of this, 3,804 were in Chippewa County, and none were in Clark County. History Stanley was settled and platted in 1881 in the Town of Delmar when the Wisconsin Central Railroad built its line through Chippewa County. The settlement was named for Lemuel C. Stanley, a merchant and railroad man from Chippewa Falls who was involved in that first plat. The main early businesses were a small steam sawmill and some charcoal kilns built by the York Iron Company in 1887. In 1891 the Northwestern Lumber Company from Eau Claire started a big lumber mill at Stanley. Starting in the 1860s, Northwestern had sawed its lumber at its company town Porter's Mills, on the Chippewa River four miles below Eau Claire. But by the early 1890s Northwestern had exhausted its holdings of timber easy to drive down the river. Timber stands still remained on land away from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barron, Wisconsin
Barron is a city in and the county seat of Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,733 at the 2020 census. The city is surrounded by the Town of Barron. History Originally named Quaderer's Camp after local lumber foreman John Quaderer, the name was changed to Barron in honor of Henry D. Barron after the location became the county seat of Barron County, besting Rice Lake. Geography Barron is located at (45.400527, -91.847948). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Barron is located along U.S. Highway 8 and Wisconsin Highway 25. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 census, there were 3,423 people, 1,422 households and 829 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,526 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 87.2% White, 8.8% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.7% from two or mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAQE-FM
WAQE-FM (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary music format. It is licensed to Barron, Wisconsin, United States. The station is currently owned by TKC, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio and Westwood One. In 2024, WAQE-FM relocated from the WAQE (AM) transmitter site located northwest of Rice Lake to the WJMC transmitter site co-located with the stations’ studios. With the change, WAQE-FM saw an increase in height from 289 ft. (HAAT) to 515 ft. (HAAT) and a decrease in power from 15,500 watts to 10,000 watts. WAQE-FM currently has a construction permit to upgrade its power from 10,000 to 47,000 watts using a directional antenna to protect first-adjacent 97.5 KNXR in Rochester, MN. Christian Emory hosts the 6-11am morning show, middays with Ryan Quinn from 11am-3pm, and drive time with A.J. from 3-7pm. History The station was assigned call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Rice Lake is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, Barron County in northwest Wisconsin, United States, on the shore of Rice Lake (Barron County, Wisconsin), the lake with the same name. The city is a commercial and tourist center for the surrounding rural areas. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 9,040. The city is located mostly within the Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, Town of Rice Lake. History Native Americans in the United States, American Indians lived around Rice Lake for millennia, some of whom made mounds like those that remain in Indian Mounds Park along the shore of the lake. In later years before white settlers, Ojibwe (Chippewa) people occupied the area, and they had a strong cultural attachment to the wild rice that grew on the lake. In the mid-1860s Knapp, Stout & Co., the growing lumber company downstream at Menomonie, Wisconsin, Menomonie, bought tracts of forest around Rice Lake. Around 1868 the company started a logging camp in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAQE (AM)
WAQE (1090 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. The station had a classic country format until August 29, 2009, when it changed to Sports Talk 1090. The lineup includes Dan Patrick, Jim Rome, and Fox Sports Radio. Licensed to Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by TKC, Inc. WAQE formerly transmitted in C-QUAM AM stereo. History The station was assigned call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally as ... WAQE on October 4, 1979. On June 1, 1986, the station changed its call sign to WMYD then back to WAQE on February 1, 1992. References External links * * AQE Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1979 1979 establishments in Wisconsin AQE {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton () is the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, with small portions extending into Calumet County, Wisconsin, Calumet and Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Winnebago counties. Located on the Fox River (Green Bay tributary), Fox River, it lies southwest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay and north of Milwaukee. Appleton had a population of 75,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Wisconsin, sixth-most populous city in Wisconsin. It is the principal city of the Appleton metropolitan statistical area, which had 243,147 residents in 2020 and is part of the broader Fox Cities region. Appleton serves as the heart of the Fox River Valley, which is home to Lawrence University, the Fox Cities Exhibition Center, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Fox River Mall, Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium, Appleton International Airport, and the Valley's two major hospitals: St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton, Wisconsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAPL
WAPL (105.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Classic rock formatted radio station city of license, licensed to Appleton, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay and Appleton, Wisconsin, Appleton-Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh areas. The station is owned by Woodward Communications, and has studios on College Avenue in Appleton, with transmitting facilities located near the WGBA-TV, WGBA Tower west of unincorporated Shirley, Wisconsin, Shirley in the Glenmore, Wisconsin, Town of Glenmore in southeastern Brown County, Wisconsin, Brown County. Beginnings WAPL radio made its on-air debut in 1952, operating on a frequency of 1570 AM under the ownership of the Bartell family. It was the third AM station in the market, but the first to serve the younger audience with rock and roll music. WAPL-FM, operating on a frequency of 105.7 MHz, was added in 1965 when an FM broadcasting, FM antenna was installed on the existing WAPL (AM broadcasting, AM) tower in Menasha. The init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,615, making it the List of cities in Wisconsin, tenth-most populous city in Wisconsin. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville–Beloit metropolitan statistical area, which consists of all of Rock County and is included in the greater Madison metropolitan area, Madison–Janesville–Beloit combined statistical area. History The area that became Janesville was the site of a Ho-Chunk village named (Round Rock) up to the time of Euro-American settlement. In the First Treaty of Prairie du Chien, 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien, the United States recognized the portion of the present city that lies west of the Rock River as Ho-Chunk territory, while the area east of the river was recognized as Potawatomi land. Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk War of 1832, both nations were forced to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
