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 University of Illinois Springfield. It operates a full-time satellite, WIPA in Pittsfield, which serves a small portion of the Quincy market.

WUIS

Springfield, Illinois
Frequency	91.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	NPR Illinois
Programming
Format	Public radio
Subchannels	HD1: WUIS analog HD2: Classical "NPR Illinois Classic" HD3: AAA "The X"
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Ownership
Owner	University of Illinois Springfield (Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois)
History
First air date	January 3, 1975 (as WSSR)
Former call signs	WSSR (1975–1989) WSSU (1989–1995)
Call sign meaning	University of Illinois at Springfield
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	59012
Class	B (NCE)
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	152 meters (499 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°47′0.2″N 89°26′46.3″W
Repeater(s)	89.3 WIPA Pittsfield
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (Classic) Listen Live (The X)
Website	nprillinois.org

History

WUIS originally hit the airwaves on January 3, 1975, as WSSR, operated by what was then Sangamon State University. It became WSSU in 1989, and adopted its current calls when Sangamon State merged with the University of Illinois system in 1995.

WIPA was brought online in 1993.

In 2015, the station rebranded as "NPR Illinois."

External links

• WUIS official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 59012 (WUIS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WUIS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 59011 (WIPA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WIPA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database