WILW-LP

WILW-LP
City Waupaca, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Waupaca
Branding Waupaca Radio FM 96.3
Slogan "Your Community & Government"
Frequency 96.3 MHz
First air date June 18, 2015
Format Oldies, Polka, Talk
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 44.0 meters
Class LP100
Facility ID 193884
Callsign meaning W I Love Waupaca
Owner City of Waupaca
Website www.cityofwaupaca.org/wintv/radio/

WILW-LP is a low power FM radio station licensed to Waupaca, Wisconsin broadcasting at 96.3 MHz. [1] WILW-LP is licensed to and operated by the City of Waupaca co-located with the city’s cable access TV station (Win-TV) in the Community Media department.

WILW-LP signed on and has continuously operated since Thursday, June 18, 2015 at approximately 7:20pm. The station first broadcast with a broad mix of Oldies and promotional announcements that a new radio station was coming soon to Waupaca.[2] “Waupaca Radio” officially launched on Thursday, July 16th at 11:30am with city staff, donors and the public invited and in the studio. [3]

“Waupaca Radio” serves the Waupaca community by “connecting the citizens of the Waupaca area with the activities of their government and community.” This is accomplished in five areas 1) Public Safety programming; 2) government transparency; 3) expansion of cable access TV station programming to radio; 4) community access to the radio station and 5) entertainment programming.[4]

“Waupaca Radio FM 96.3” broadcasts polka music every morning; oldies, audio from government meetings and community events throughout the day; along with specialty jazz and classical programming.

References

  1. "WILW-LP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WCity Radio Station Now on the Air". United States Waupaca County Post.
  3. "City Launches Waupaca Radio". United States Waupaca County Post.
  4. "Waupaca Radio Website". United States City of Waupaca.

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