WUWM

WUWM
Broadcast areaGreater Milwaukee
Frequency89.7 MHz
BrandingMilwaukee's NPR
Programming
FormatNon-Commercial Public Radio - News - Talk
AffiliationsNPR
Public Radio International
American Public Media
BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 24, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-09-24)
Call sign meaning
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Technical information
Facility ID4285
ClassB
ERP13,500 watts
HAAT289 meters (948 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
43°05′26″N 87°53′50″W / 43.09056°N 87.89722°W / 43.09056; -87.89722
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewuwm.com
WUWM

WUWM (89.7 FM, "Milwaukee's NPR") is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is owned and operated by the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with the license held by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. A unit of the UW-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science, the station's studios and offices are on the seventh floor of Chase Tower in Downtown Milwaukee.

WUWM is a Class B FM station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,500 watts. The transmitter is atop the WITI TV Tower in Shorewood.[1]