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Broadcast area | State College, Pennsylvania |
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Frequency | 91.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | WPSU Penn State |
Programming | |
Format | News/Classical music |
Subchannels |
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Affiliations | American Public Media National Public Radio Public Radio International |
Ownership | |
Owner | Pennsylvania State University |
WPSU-TV | |
History | |
First air date | December 6, 1953 |
Former call signs | WDFM (12/6/1953–8/19/1984) |
Call sign meaning | Pennsylvania State University |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 66239 |
Class | B1 |
ERP | 1,700 watts |
HAAT | 365 meters (1,198 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°55′11″N 77°58′28″W / 40.91972°N 77.97444°W |
Translator(s) | See § Translators |
Repeater(s) | See § Simulcast |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | radio |
WPSU (91.5 FM) is central Pennsylvania's only National Public Radio member radio station licensed to the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees as a part of WPSU Penn State. The over-the-air and digital signal reaches 13 counties in central and north central Pennsylvania. The station is rebroadcast on WPSX 90.1 FM in Kane. Both the 91.5 and 90.1 signals transmit in HD.
Its production facilities are located along Innovation Park Boulevard outside State College.
With transmitters located throughout the region, WPSU-FM now serves over 450,000 listeners [1] in 13 central counties of the Commonwealth, 24 hours a day.[2]
Through nationally and locally produced news, features and music programs from NPR, PRI and the station itself, WPSU-FM offers a variety of programming for a widely diverse listening audience.