WFSU-FM
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| City |
Tallahassee, Florida (WFSU & WFSQ) Panama City, Florida (WFSW) Thomasville, Georgia (WFSL) |
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| Broadcast area |
Tallahassee, Florida Panama City, Florida North Central Florida Southwest Georgia |
| Frequency | 88.9 FM (MHz) (WFSU) 91.5 FM (MHz) (WFSQ) 89.1 FM (MHz) (WFSW) 90.7 FM (MHz) (WFSL) |
| First air date | WFSU-FM: January 21, 1949 (on 660 AM, moved to 91.5 FM in 1954 and to 88.9 in 1990) WFSQ: October 14, 1990 WFSW: March 18, 1996 WFSL: April 15, 2003 |
| Format |
Public Radio (WFSU & WFSW) Classical Music (WFSQ & WFSL) |
| ERP | WFSU-FM: 90,000 watts WFSQ: 86,000 watts WFSW: 100,000 watts WFSL: 250 watts |
| HAAT | WFSU-FM: 379 meters WFSQ: 224 meters WFSW: 123 meters WFSL: 47 meters |
| Class | WFSU-FM: C WFSQ & WFSL: A WFSW: C1 |
| Facility ID | WFSU-FM: 21799 WFSQ: 21803 WFSW: 93708 WFSL: 21798 |
| Transmitter coordinates | WFSU-FM: 30°40′13.00″N 83°56′26.00″W / 30.6702778°N 83.9405556°W WFSQ: 30°21′31.00″N 84°36′38.00″W / 30.3586111°N 84.6105556°W WFSW: 30°50′12.00″N 83°58′57.00″W / 30.8366667°N 83.9825000°W WFSL: 30°22′2.00″N 85°55′29.00″W / 30.3672222°N 85.9247222°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Florida State University |
| Affiliations |
National Public Radio Public Radio International |
| Owner | Florida State University |
| Sister stations | WVFS & WFSU-TV |
| Webcast |
WFSU-FM Webstream WFSQ Webstream WFSW Webstream |
| Website | WFSU website |
WFSU is the callsign (or variations thereon) for public radio stations operated by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
WFSU also operates 3 radio stations that serve northern Florida:
Florida State entered radio on January 21, 1949, when WFSU signed on as a student-run radio station at 660 AM. Due to the terms of its license, the signal was limited to the confines of the Florida State campus. It was on the air for three hours every night during the week, with a lineup of campus news, interviews, music and an occasional play.
The station was forced off the air in April 1953 due to complaints that the signal was leaking off campus. Florida State applied for a low-powered FM license, and WFSU returned to the air at 91.5 FM in July 1954. Soon afterward, it joined the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, allowing it to significantly upgrade its programming with offerings from BBC World Service and Radio France. It also began carrying Seminoles football games after no commercial station would carry them.
In 1970, WFSU-FM became a charter member of NPR, and was one of the 90 stations to carry the initial broadcast of All Things Considered. In the 1970s, it shifted to a format of mostly classical music.
The station continued to grow during the 1980s, but was somewhat hampered by problems with its signal. Unlike most NPR stations of the time, it had no backup power source for its transmitter, resulting in frequent outages. The station's reception was also marginal at best in the northeastern part of the city, which is very hilly. To solve the problem, WFSU won approval for a new station on 88.9 FM, operating from a new tower northeast of Tallahassee. All NPR news and information programming moved there on October 14, 1990. Classical music remained on 91.5, which received new call letters, WFSQ. However, due to the legal structure of the changeover, the Federal Communications Commission considers WFSQ to be the same station as the old WFSU. To improve its coverage on the Georgia side of the market, Florida State signed on WFSL in 2003.
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