KUWS is a public

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, licensed to the Board of Regents of the

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and operated by the

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since January 21, 1966.Gitche Gumee (yearbook)(1967), p. 19. Wisconsin State University-Superior, Superior, WI. KUWS is an affiliate of

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's Music Network. It also airs university and student-produced programming weeknights with 91 Jazz St. from 7:00 to 10:00 and College Rock from 10:00 to 1:00 am.* KUWS broadcasts on 91.3 FM with 83,000 watts. KUWS was previously heard on translator station W275AF in the Ashland-Washburn-Bayfield area at 102.5 FM before September 12, 2011, when full-power

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(90.9) was launched from Ashland, replacing W275AF. WUWS continues to relay KUWS's schedule and is programmed from WPR's Superior studios. The original station call letters were WSSU, representing Wisconsin Superior State University. The

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KUWS were assigned on August 1, 1988, as part of the station's affiliation with Wisconsin Public Radio. KUWS was permitted a "K" prefix, despite its location east of the Mississippi, due to Duluth-Superior's status as a "mixed" market, with several K-prefix stations already licensed to Superior. The KUWS studios are in the Holden Fine Arts Center at 1805 Catlin Avenue in Superior. The studios also provide local programming for Wisconsin Public Radio's News network station for northwest Wisconsin,

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in Brule, as well as

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in Washburn, WSSU in Superior, and

in Ashland. The KUWS transmitting facility is co-located with KBJR-TV in the Duluth tower farm.

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In addition to the main station, KUWS is relayed by an additional full-power station in the

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and

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region east of Superior to widen its broadcast area.

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* * * {{coord, 46.789, N, 92.114, W, type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC, display=title Radio stations in Superior, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Superior Wisconsin Public Radio NPR member stations

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