WWSP

WWSP (89.9 FM) is a student-operated radio station broadcasting from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The station is owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Broadcasting an alternative format, it features locally sourced programming augmented by AP Radio.^[2][3]

WWSP

Stevens Point, Wisconsin United States
Frequency	89.9 MHz
Branding	90fm Your Only Alternative
Programming
Format	Alternative
Affiliations	AP Radio
Ownership
Owner	Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System
History
First air date	November 5, 1968 (57 years ago) (1968-11-05)
Former call signs	WSUS-FM (1968–1972)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4286
Class	C2
ERP	30,000 watts
HAAT	97.9 meters
Transmitter coordinates	44°28′55.00″N 89°40′35.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Official website

Each April the station hosts a trivia contest run by local radio personality Jim "Oz" Oliva and John Eckendorf. It serves as a fundraiser for the station and the college. Billing itself as "The World's Largest Trivia Contest," the contest regularly draws 12,000 players with local participants from Portage County and other counties such as Wood and Marathon.^[4] Distant teams and displaced members of local teams can also participate remotely through the station's webcast.

History

WWSP signed on the air as WSUS-FM on November 5, 1968, to deliever election results.^[5] The station received a permanent license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 1969.^[6] WSUS-FM changed its call letters to WWSP on April 1972.^[7]

In 2019, the governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, declared the second weekend of April "Trivia Weekend".^[8][9]