WHA (AM)

WHA

Madison, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Madison metropolitan area
Frequency	970 kHz
Branding	Ideas Network
Programming
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International
Ownership
Owner	University of Wisconsin–Extension (Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System)
Sister stations	WERN, WHAD, WHA-TV
History
First air date	January 13, 1922 (originally experimental 9XM 1915-1917 and 1920-1922)
Call sign meaning	None (randomly assigned)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6139
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day 51 watts night
HAAT	78.7 meters (258 ft)
Translator(s)	100.3 W262DD (Janesville) 107.9 W300BM (Madison)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wpr.org

WHA (970 AM) is a non-commercial radio station, licensed since 1922 to the University of Wisconsin and located in Madison, Wisconsin. It serves as the flagship for the Wisconsin Public Radio "WPR News Network".^[2] WHA's programming is also broadcast by FM station WERN in Madison. The station airs a schedule of news and talk programs from Wisconsin Public Radio, NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC.

The same call letters are used by WHA-TV in Madison, the flagship station for PBS Wisconsin.