WSSU (FM)

WSSU (88.5 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin, and serving the Duluth/Superior area. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs the WPR News network. WSSU also broadcasts local news and programming from studios in the Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

WSSU

Superior, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Duluth/Superior
Frequency	88.5 MHz
Branding	WPR News and Classical
Programming
Format	Public radio, Classical music, News
Affiliations	Wisconsin Public Radio NPR American Public Media
Ownership
Owner	Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
History
First air date	August 24, 2012 (2012-08-24) [1]
Call sign meaning	WiSconsin-SUperior
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	89432
Class	A
ERP	950 watts
HAAT	100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46° 47' 20.40" N 92° 06' 49.10" W[3]
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wpr.org

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.

• See also Wisconsin Public Radio