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WISU

Terre Haute, Indiana
Broadcast area	Terre Haute, Indiana
Frequency	89.7 MHz
Branding	WISU 89.7 FM
Programming
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	National Public Radio (since 2014)
Ownership
Owner	Indiana State University
History
First air date	1964
Call sign meaning	W Indiana State University
Technical information
Facility ID	28603
Class	B
ERP	13,500 watts
HAAT	156 meters (512 ft)

WISU is a non-commercial, educational radio station licensed to Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. The station operates on the assigned FM frequency of 89.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 13,500 watts. The studios are located in Dreiser Hall on the ISU campus. The tower and transmitter facilities are located in West Terre Haute, Indiana. Under the personal supervision of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster of the Air," Dr. Clarence M. Morgan, who with his son Dr. Thomas O. Morgan helped build the station, WISU began broadcasting on April 1, 1964. WISU is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission as a Class B FM station, which would allow a maximum power of 46,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP), using an antenna height of 156 meters.

Programming

The original program schedule of student created live broadcasts is well documented in the annual reports written by Dr. Clarence M. Morgan, the Director of Radio Activities at Indiana State College, from 1934 to 1969, when he retired.

In 2014, WISU began carrying NPR and local programming in collaboration with WFYI in Indianapolis. Previously, Terre Haute had received NPR programming from WILL (AM) in Urbana, Illinois and a translator of WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana.

Notable former staff

• Todd Clem (Bubba The Love Sponge)

References

1. (Myers, 2016)
2. "FMpower - Find ERP for an FM Station Class". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
3. (Myers, 2016).
4. "WFYI to Partner With ISU" (PDF). wfyi.org. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 28603 (WISU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WISU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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