WIUW is a 10,000 watt radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 in Warsaw, Illinois

Warsaw, Illinois

Warsaw is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,793 at the 2000 census. The city is notable for its historic downtown and the Warsaw Brewery, which operated for more than 100 years beginning in 1861...

, in western Illinois

Illinois

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. The station is licensed by Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University is a public university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Like many similar institutions of the time, Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students. As the normal school grew, it became...

, operated by the university's College of Fine Arts and Communication and is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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Mission

WIUW-FM provides National Public Radio news, information and entertainment programming to the TriState region (western Illinois, southeast Iowa, northwest Missouri). Additional programming services are provided as part of the oureach mission of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Western Illinois University.

History

See WIUM

WIUM

WIUM is a 50,000-watt radio station in Macomb, Illinois, in west-central Illinois. Western Illinois University is the station licensee, authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.-Mission:...

External links

• TriStates Radio
• WIUM/WIUW via streaming audio - Allegro service