WSHS (FM)
| Broadcast area | Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Branding | 91.7 FM WSHS |
| Slogan | "Where variety is the sound" |
| Frequency | 91.7 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1968 |
| Format |
Variety, Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network/National Public Radio |
| ERP | 175 watts |
| HAAT | 26 meters |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | W Sheboygan High Schools |
| Owner | Sheboygan Area School District |
| Website | WSHS website |
WSHS (91.7) is a student-run high school radio and public radio station operating on a non-commercial license in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Owned by the Sheboygan Area School District, the station's studio is located on the second floor of Sheboygan North High School on the city's north side, and the transmitter is located atop the North High building. An auxiliary studio is also located at Sheboygan South High School, though most programming originates out of North High. The station's signal covers most of Sheboygan and portions of Kohler and the towns of Mosel, Sheboygan and Wilson, and is also simulcast as the audio on the district's South-produced cable channel SASD TV during non-programming hours, which is carried on Charter Communications digital cable systems in Sheboygan, Fond du Lac and Washington Counties.
WSHS-FM was the call letters of the Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, NY station for a period that began broadcasting before 1950 and continued to at least 1960(and possibly further). It served the metropolitan New York City and surrounding counties with NAEB (National Association of Educational Broadcasters) produced and tape recorded educational programs directed to mostly elementary schools in the surrounding area. The staff were Senior High School students. A couple of English Department teachers supervised the on-air staff of announcing and programming personnel most of whom were trained in special classes designed for that purpose. The technical staff were students from the V0-Tech department's electronics classes supervised by a professional broadcast engineer. It was an early FM station. Few people had FM receivers at that time. The FM frequencies fell in the wavelengths between TV channels 6 and 7. In those days some TV sets could be fine tuned between those channels enabling listeners to receive the relatively new FM signal band. Broadcast hours were limited to a few hours morning afternoon during school hours. From 5 to 7 PM the high school students provided original live programming which included public service programs serving the community and music...dj style. The station also broadcast football games direct from the school stadium. Several of the students went on to professional careers in broadcasting after graduation from high school and/or college.
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