WERN

WERN (88.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and is the flagship of WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music and news and talk programming.

This article is about the American FM radio station. For the German river, see Wern.
WERN
CityMadison, Wisconsin
SloganYour Home For NPR News And Classical Music
Frequency88.7 MHz
First air date1947
FormatPublic radio, Classical music, News
ERP20,500 watts
HAAT385 meters (1,263 ft)
ClassB
Facility ID63030
Call sign meaningWisconsin Educational Radio Network (early branding for network)[1]
Former call signsWHA-FM (1947-1974)
AffiliationsWisconsin Public Radio, NPR, American Public Media
OwnerWisconsin Educational Communications Board
Sister stationsWHA
WebcastStream
WebsiteWisconsin Public Radio

The station first signed on in 1947, as the first FM station in what would become Wisconsin Public Radio. It was originally known as WHA-FM, after its AM sister, WHA; it became WERN in 1974.

Since Ideas Network flagship WHA must reduce its power to an all-but-unlistenable level at night, WERN airs a simulcast of the Ideas Network on its HD3 channel. This is used to feed a low-powered translator at 90.9 FM for non-HD Radio listeners.[2]

See also

Wisconsin Public Radio

References
  1. http://www.wpr.org/about/hd_innovation.cfm
  2. http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=95 HD Radio Guide for Madison, Wisconsin


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