WHWA

WHWA is a public radio station in Washburn, Wisconsin, licensed to the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music and news and talk programming. WHWA also broadcasts regional news and programming from studios in the Holden Fine Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The WHWA transmitter is on Maple Hill, approximately four miles west of Washburn, co-located with WEGZ. The WHWA transmitter replaced a 38-Watt WPR translator (W284AN/104.7) in Ashland as part of an effort to improve public radio reception in the area.

WHWA
Broadcast areaBayfield/Ashland/Washburn
Frequency104.7 MHz
BrandingWisconsin Public Radio
Programming
FormatClassical music, news
Ownership
OwnerWisconsin Educational Communications Board
History
First air date
November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11) [1]
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of WHA, Washburn
Technical information
Facility ID184111
ClassC2
Power17,500 watts
HAAT184 m
Transmitter coordinates
46.69166667°N 90.99083333°W / 46.69166667; -90.99083333
Links
WebcastStream Listen Live
Websitewpr.org

References
  1. "Northpine.com Broadcasting News, November 2013". Retrieved 2 August 2016.


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