Community Radio, USA
LISTENER-SUPPORTED FRONTIER RADIO,
(HEY THAT'S YOU!).
WMSE is a unique, award-winning music radio station licensed by MSOE and
operating as a department of the university. WMSE Radio, 91.7FM has been
broadcasting for over 35 years. Financially independent from the university,
WMSE is made possible with the support of volunteers, local businesses, and
of course, our contributing listeners.
On July 22, 1922, a broadcasting license was issued jointly to the School of Engineering of Milwaukee and the daily evening newspaper, The Wisconsin News, which was owned by the Hearst Corporation.[1] The call letters assigned (sequentially, they had no meaning) were WIAO. Since December 1, 1921, radio stations had been assigned two wavelengths: 360 meters (833 kHz) for "broadcasting news, concerts and such matter", and 485 meters (619 kHz) for "broadcasting crop reports and weather forecasts". As such, WIAO was licensed to broadcast on a wavelength of 360 meters (833.3 kHz). Although its license called for "unlimited" time at a power of 500 Watts, the fact that the three other Milwaukee stations: WAAK (Gimbel Brothers department store), WCAY (Kesselman O'Driscol Music Co.) and WHAD (Marquette University), were also licensed for the 360 meter band, meant that WIAO had to share time with them.
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