WSSU (88.5 FM) is a
radio station
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licensed to
Superior, Wisconsin
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, and serving the
Duluth
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Superior
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*Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind
Places
* Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state
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area. The station is part of
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is a network of 34 public radio stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct analog services, the ''Ideas Network'' and the '' NPR News & Music Network,'' as well as the ''All Classi ...
(WPR), and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of
classical music and news and talk programming. WSSU also broadcasts local news and programming from studios in the Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center at the
University of Wisconsin-Superior
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The WSSU call letters had originally been on sister Ideas Network station
KUWS from its sign-on in 1966 until 1988. From 1989 to 1995, WSSU was used by a Springfield, IL public radio station which was formerly WSSR and later
WUIS
WUIS (91.9 FM), branded on-air as NPR Illinois, is the National Public Radio member station in Springfield, Illinois, United States. It primarily features National Public Radio news and talk programming. The station is owned by and based at the U ...
.
*''See also
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is a network of 34 public radio stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct analog services, the ''Ideas Network'' and the '' NPR News & Music Network,'' as well as the ''All Classi ...
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References
External links
Wisconsin Public Radio*
SSU
University of Wisconsin–Superior
Wisconsin Public Radio
Classical music radio stations in the United States
NPR member stations
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