WSAU-FM (99.9

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) is a

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broadcasting a conservative

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format,

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ing WSAU in Wausau. Licensed to Rudolph, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Stevens Point- Wisconsin Rapids area. The station is currently owned by

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. WSAU derives a large amount of its programming from nationally syndicated conservative talk radio shows, and also broadcasts sports, such as from the Packers Radio Network.

History

WSAU-FM was previously known as WIZD and had a history of

ing WOFM in Wausau under various

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, classic hits and

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formats since the 1990s. On September 9, 2009, at 5AM, WIZD dropped the WOFM simulcast (doing so in the middle of the song " Burning Down the House" by

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) and began simulcasting sister news station

WSAU (AM) WSAU (550 Hertz, kHz) is an AM radio, AM radio station broadcasting a Conservative talk radio, conservative talk radio radio format, format. It is city of license, licensed to Wausau, Wisconsin, and is simulcast on WSAU-FM at 99.9 Hertz, MHz in ...

under new calls WSAU-FM.

History of call letters

The call letters WSAU-FM were previously assigned to a Wausau station (now WIFC) that began broadcasting August 29, 1948. It broadcast on 95.5 MHz and was licensed to The Milwaukee Journal.

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* SAU-FM Midwest Communications radio stations News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub