WWSP
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WWSP
| logo = WWSP_Radio_Station_Logo.jpg
| city = Stevens Point, Wisconsin
| branding = 90fm Your Only Alternative
| frequency = 89.9 MHz
| format = Alternative
| power =
| erp = 30,000 watts
| haat = 97.9 meters
| class = C2
| facility_id = 4286
| coordinates = {{coord|44|28|55.00|N| 89|40|35.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| owner = Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System
| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/wwsp/}}
| website = {{official website|http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/wwsp/}}
| affiliations = AP Radio
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WWSP (89.9 FM) is a student-operated radio station broadcasting from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The station is owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Broadcasting an alternative format, it features locally sourced programming augmented by AP Radio.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WWSP |title=WWSP Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WWSP|title=WWSP Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron}}
Each April the station hosts a trivia contest run by local radio personality Jim "Oz" Oliva and John Eckendorf. It serves as a fundraiser for the station and the college. Billing itself as "The World's Largest Trivia Contest," the contest regularly draws 12,000 players with local participants from Portage County and other counties such as Wood and Marathon.{{Cite web |title=Trivia returns to Stevens Point for 46th year |url=http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/local/2015/04/15/trivia-returns-stevens-point-th-year/25850837/ |access-date=2016-01-22 |website=The Stevens Point Journal}} Distant teams and displaced members of local teams can also participate remotely through the station's webcast.
In 2019, the governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, declared the second weekend of April "Trivia Weekend".{{Cite web|url=https://wsau.com/news/articles/2019/apr/10/governor-evers-to-declare-trivia-weekend-in-wisconsin/|title=Governor Evers to declare trivia weekend in Wisconsin|last=Inc|first=Midwest Communications|website=WSAU|access-date=2019-04-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://stevenspoint.news/2019/04/08/gov-evers-to-declare-second-weekend-in-april-as-trivia-weekend-for-state/|title=Gov. Evers to declare second weekend in April as Trivia Weekend for State - Stevens Point News|website=stevenspoint.news|date=8 April 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-15}}
References
External links
- {{FM station data|4286|WWSP}}
- [http://www.90fmtrivia.org/ The World's Largest Trivia Contest]
{{University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point}}
{{Wisconsin college radio}}
{{Wausau-Stevens Point Radio}}
Category:Radio stations in Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
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