WPUM

WPUM
City Rensselaer, Indiana
Broadcast area Jasper County, Indiana
Slogan "The Joe" Plays Whatever
Frequency 93.3 MHz FM
First air date 1977
Format Contemporary hit radio,
Power 60 watts
Transmitter coordinates 40° 55' 12.00" N, 87° 09' 27.00" W
Callsign meaning Pumas - College Mascot
Affiliations Saint Joseph's College
Owner Saint Joseph's College
Webcast http://real.saintjoe.edu:8000/listen.pls
Website http://www.saintjoe.edu/~wpum

WPUM (93.3 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station begun in 1977 in Rensselaer, Indiana, United States, owned by Saint Joseph's College. The format is primarily contemporary hit radio and Oldies hosted by Saint Joseph's College students in hour air shifts. The station also broadcasts the school's sports programs and can be listened to live on the Internet at WPUM's website. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[1] Its coverage area includes Rensselaer and Jasper County, Indiana.[2]

Switch to 93.3 the Joe

Through the 2000s WPUM had been known as 90.5 Puma Rock, but a displacement of radio frequency by another station in nearby Crown Point, Indiana, resulted in a loss of their place on the radio dial. After a long appeal to the FCC, WPUM was transferred temporarily to 93.3 FM until another frequency became available in the non-commercial range on the FM dial. WPUM has been at 93.3 since the fall of 2008. When WPUM changed frequency, it also formally changed its format to include more of a variety rather than straight rock that the station had featured since its launch in 1977. As a result, 90.5 Puma Rock became 93.3 The Joe.

WPUM Going Off-the-air

WPUM Radio broadcast its last radio program on April 27, 2017, ending at 7pm CST. Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Radio Sally Berger and Associate Professor of Communication/Director of Television Fred Berger, made the final broadcast and station sign off at the end of a segment that brought WPUM DJ Alumni into the studio for a retrospective program covering the nearly 40 year history of the station. Michael Moyer, WPUM's first on-air DJ, joined Mr. and Mrs. Berger to spin the final song, Al Stewart's 1976 "Year of the Cat," which was also the first song ever played on the station to complete a bookend and close the stations existence.[3]

References

  1. ↑ FCC license database entry for WPUM. Retrieved July 29, 2008
  2. ↑ FCC Listing for WPUM. Retrieved Feb 13, 2009
  3. ↑ http://indianaradio.net/archive/050417.html

Coordinates: 40°55′12″N 87°09′27″W / 40.9200°N 87.1575°W / 40.9200; -87.1575


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