WSAU (AM)

WSAU

City	Wausau, Wisconsin
Branding	550 & 99.9 WSAU
Frequency	550 AM (kHz)
Repeater(s)	WSAU-FM 99.9 Rudolph-Stevens Point
First air date	1937
Format	News/Talk
Audience share	6.0, #5 (Sp'06, R&R^[1])
Power	15,000 watts (day) 20,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	41902
Transmitter coordinates	44°51′26.00″N 89°35′13.00″W / 44.8572222°N 89.5869444°W / 44.8572222; -89.5869444
Callsign meaning	WauSAU
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Duey E. Wright (WRIG, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDEZ, WIFC, WOZZ, WRIG, WSAU-FM
Website	wsau.com

WSAU (550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format serving Wausau, Wisconsin, USA area, and simulcasted on WSAU-FM 99.9 in Stevens Point (licensed to Rudolph). The station is owned by Midwest Communications and features two local morning talk shows as well as local news and updates from Fox News Radio at the top of every hour.^[2]

The station carries talk shows from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and Joe Pagliarulo, as well as Coast to Coast AM. WSAU is also the local outlet of Green Bay Packers football, Milwaukee Brewers baseball, and Wisconsin Badgers football play-by-play.

WSAU radio towers are located along County Highway X in Kronenwetter, Wisconsin. In September 2009, WSAU began simulcasting WSAU-FM 99.9 in Rudolph, Wisconsin (near Stevens Point).

History

The Milwaukee Journal Company began operation of WSAU June 20, 1947. Along with the purchase, the Journal Company absorbed the previous owner, Northern Broadcasting Company.^[3] Originally broadcasting on 1400 Khz with 250 watts, later moving to the present 550 Khz, the frequency of the now defunct WOSA, which was owned and operated by Congressman Alvin E O'Konski, who later founded WAEO-TV, Rhinelander.

References

↑ "Wausau-Stevens Point Market Ratings". Radio and Records. Spring 2006.
↑ http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WSAU
↑ "Milwaukee Journal Now Operating WSAU" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 30, 1947. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WSAU

Radio-Locator Information on WSAU

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSAU

Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	KSPP W212BB W221CN W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA-FM WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

Stations	KFIZ – Fond du Lac WBEV – Beaver Dam WCLO – Janesville WFAW – Fort Atkinson WFHR – Wisconsin Rapids WHBL – Sheboygan WHBY – Kimberly WIBA – Madison WISN – Milwaukee WIZM – La Crosse WMEQ – Menomonie WOGO – Hallie WOSH – Oshkosh WRJN – Racine WSAU – Wausau WSAU-FM – Rudolph WTAQ – Green Bay WTAQ-FM – Glenmore WTMJ – Milwaukee WXCE – Amery WXXM – Sun Prairie

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

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

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