WRST-FM

WRST-FM
Broadcast area	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Branding	"90.3 WRST"
Slogan	"The Fox Valley Alternative"
Frequency	90.3 (MHz)
First air date	April 20, 1966
Format	Alternative, News/Talk
ERP	960 watts
HAAT	38 meters
Class	A
Callsign meaning	Wisconsin's Radio Station of the Titans
Owner	UW Board of Regents
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.uwosh.edu/wrst/

WRST-FM (90.3 FM) licensed to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is the student managed radio station located at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.

History

WRST started programming on April 20, 1966 at 6pm. Originally located at 88.1FM with 10 watts of power, WRST was only on the air for four hours each week night. The first song played on WRST was The Mamas & the Papas "Monday, Monday". Doctor Robert "Doc" Snyder was hired by the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1964 to start a broadcast media program and as part of his duties he established a radio and TV station (Titan TV). In 1966, Frank G. Kilpatrick moved from California to be the UW-O manager of the station as well as teach Radio Broadcasting to the students. He had been Vice President of KXRX in San Jose.

WRST's call letters stand for "Radio Station of the Titans". However, some rumors around campus suggest that the call letters stand for "Robert Snyder's Toy", after the stations creator. Originally the call letters were supposed to be WSUO "Wisconsin State University Oshkosh" to be consistent with other state university radio stations, but those call letters were already taken and WRST was chosen.

The Fuller Goodman Lumber Company served as the station's first studios. An antenna was located on the roof of the Gruenhagen Conference Center. In 1971, production and transmission was moved to the Arts and Communication center and the signal frequency changed from 88.1 FM to 90.3 FM.

In 1992, Director of Radio Services Ben Jarman established an affiliation with the Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network. This was done to cover programming during the hours students are in class and over breaks from the academic year when staffing became a problem at WRST. The affiliation continues to this date.

On April 5, 2005, at 2:08pm WRST began streaming locally produced programming online. The original stream and streaming server were set up by Joshua Werner.

In 2006, WRST celebrated its 40th anniversary with a week of celebration. Also in 2006 WRST completed a studio demolition and remodel to make the studios fully ADA compliant.

Future plans are to bring more studio equipment up to date in the production studios, to add automation software to better train students for work at other stations and to add an IBOC digital radio transmitter to start broadcasting in high definition.

About WRST

Students at WRST are responsible for most management aspects of the station and fully staff it. Professional supervision is provided by the Director of Radio Services and Director of Engineering who provide legal and technical guidance to the students.

Programming from WRST is shared half time with Wisconsin Public Radio's "Ideas Network" which runs from 2am-1pm daily. Student shows are on the air from 1pm-2am and provides a wide variety of music, news and talk programming along with Sports coverage of UW-Oshkosh Athletics.

Current WRST Programming Schedule

Time	Monday-Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1-3pm	Jazz	Oshkosh Sports Saturday	Bluegrass
3-5pm	Jazz	Blues	Folk
5-6pm	Talk	Showtunes	Japanese Music
6-7pm	Sports Talk	Showtunes	Japanese Music
7-9pm	Shuffle Shift (CMJ Top 100)	Reggae	Alternative 80's
9pm-Midnight	Rock Block	Electronic	Urban
Midnight-2am	"After Party"	"After Party"	"After Party"

Since 1989, Sociology professor Dr. Gerry Grzyb, called "Dr. Christmas" on-the-air, has been hosting a yearly Christmas music program on WRST the week after the fall semester concludes in December. The "Dr. Christmas Show" is proclaimed the most diverse Christmas music program in America.

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Radio stations in the Appleton–Oshkosh, Wisconsin market (Fox Cities)

(sub-market of Green Bay)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.3 91.1 91.7 91.9 92.9 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.7 107.1 107.5 107.7

By AM frequency	620 690 980 1050 1150 1170 1280 1360 1400 1450 1490 1530 1570

By callsign	KFIZ W204BK W237AA W269CJ W271AC W299BW WAPL WBJZ WCUB WDKV WDUZ WDUZ-FM WEMI WFDL WFDL-FM WFON WGEE WHBY WHID WIXX WJOK WKSZ WKZG WKZY WLAK WNAM WNCY-FM WORQ WOSH WOVM WPKR WPNE WQLH WRST-FM WSCO WTAQ WTMJ WVBO WVCY WVFL WWWX WYDR

Nearby radio markets Green Bay Madison Milwaukee–Racine Sheboygan–Manitowoc Wausau–Stevens Point Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Facilities	Kolf Sports Center Titan Stadium

Organizations	Wisconsin Philosophical Association

Media	WRST

Legal cases	Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth

Related	University of Wisconsin System

NPR station networks/member stations in the state of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Radio NPR News & Classical Network	WERN Madison WGTD Kenosha/Racine WHWA Washburn/Ashland/Bayfield WHND Sister Bay/N. Door County WHRM Wausau WHSA Brule/Hayward WLSU La Crosse WPNE Green Bay WSSU Superior WSSW Platteville WUEC Eau Claire WVSS Menomonie

Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network	KUWS Superior WHA Madison WHAA Adams/Wisconsin Rapids/Wisconsin Dells WHAD Delafield/Milwaukee W300BM Madison/E. Dane County WHBM Park Falls WHDI Sister Bay/N. Door County WHHI Highland/W. Dane County WHID Green Bay WHLA La Crosse WHWC Menomonie WLBL Auburndale/Stevens Point WLBL-FM Wausau WRFW River Falls WRST-FM Oshkosh/Fond du Lac WSHS Sheboygan WUWS Ashland

Wisconsin Public Radio HD2 Classical Network (HD/Internet radio network)	KUWS-HD2 Superior/Duluth WERN-HD2 Madison WHAD-HD2 Delafield/Milwaukee WHRM-HD2 Wausau WERN-HD2 Madison WLSU-HD2 La Crosse WPNE-HD2 Green Bay

Milwaukee Public Radio	WUWM

WXPR Public Radio	WXPR Rhinelander WXPW Wausau W265AI Ironwood, Michigan

Woodland Community Radio	WOJB Reserve/Hayward

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

Wisconsin college radio stations

Stations	KUWS (University of Wisconsin – Superior) WCCX (Carroll College) WIPZ-LP (University of Wisconsin – Parkside) WMSE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) WRNC-LP (Northland College) WSUM (University of Wisconsin) WSUP (University of Wisconsin – Platteville) WSUW (University of Wisconsin – Whitewater) WUWM (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee) WWSP (University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point) WRST (University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh)

Defunct	WRPN-FM (Ripon College)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44°01′44″N 88°33′07″W / 44.029°N 88.552°W / 44.029; -88.552

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