WLBL-FM (91.9
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) is a
radio station
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licensed to
Wausau, Wisconsin
Wausau ( ) is a city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Wisconsin River and had a population of 39,994 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the core city of the Wausau ...
. The station is part of
Wisconsin Public Radio
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History
Wisconsin Publ ...
(WPR), and airs WPR's "Ideas Network", consisting of news and talk programming. WLBL-FM also broadcasts local news and programming from studios in the Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County in Wausau.
In a share-time arrangement, WLBL shares 91.9 with WXPW, a satellite of
WXPR in
Rhinelander. WLBL airs from midnight to 6 pm Monday through Friday and from 5 pm to midnight on Sunday. Because of this, an
HD Radio
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subchannel of the full Ideas Network schedule is heard on the third digital subchannel of
WHRM-FM (90.9), a sister station to WLBL which carries WPR's NPR News and Classical service. In September 2017, the WHRM-HD3 signal began to be translated full-time as an analog signal over W267BB (101.3) in the Wausau area.
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Radio stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Wisconsin