WLSU

{{short description|Wisconsin Public Radio transmitter in La Crosse}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WLSU

| logo = File:Wisconsin Public Radio Logo.png

| city = La Crosse, Wisconsin

| country = US

| area = La Crosse, Onalaska, Holmen, Sparta, Winona, MN; La Crescent, MN

| branding = WPR Music

| frequency = {{Frequency|88.9|MHz}}

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1971|04|04}}

| format = Public radio, Classical music, News

| language =

| erp = 8,200 watts

| haat = {{convert|283|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class = C2

| facility_id = 4327

| coordinates =

| callsign_meaning = W La Crosse State University

| former_callsigns =

| former_frequencies =

| affiliations = Wisconsin Public Radio
NPR
American Public Media

| owner = Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

| licensee = Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

| sister_stations = WHLA (FM)

| webcast = [https://www.wpr.org/ways-to-listen Listen Live]

| website = [https://www.wpr.org/ wpr.org]

| licensing_authority = FCC

}}

WLSU (88.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to La Crosse, Wisconsin. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's Music Network, consisting of classical music. WLSU also broadcasts local news and programming from studios in the Whitney Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

The station first went on air in 1971,{{cite news|title=WLSU-FM Goes on Air Jan.4 at 88.9 on your dial|date=December 17, 1970|work=The Racquet Press|volume=61|issue=11|page=1|url=https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu:443/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=414a6a10-234a-416b-887f-5b08361e9452/wlacu000/00000004/00001109&pg_seq=1|access-date=July 18, 2022}} and a year later joined Wisconsin Public Radio.{{Cite news |last=Balli |first=Julia |date=November 4, 2019 |title=WPR's history and connections to UWL |work=The Racquet Press |url=https://theracquet.org/7132/news/wprs-history-and-connections-to-uwl/ |access-date=July 18, 2022}}

• See also Wisconsin Public Radio