WISS (1100

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featuring local news and information as well as statewide programming originating from the Civic Media network. It is licensed to

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, United States, and serves central Wisconsin and the Fox Valley. It used to operate at 1090 kHz. The station is owned by Civic Media LLC, which acquired the station in 2022. WISS changed its music format from

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to soft

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on February 2, 2009. Artists heard as part of the new format, according to the station's website, include

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. The station ran an annual trivia contest between 1982 and 2005. The contest was billed as the "world's longest running commercial trivia contest" before its end in 2006. It has added a

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on 97.3 FM because AM 1100 does not operate all day. The 97.3 simulcast is available 24 hours a day, and is in operation before, during, and after AM 1100 is on the air. On May 5, 2011, WISS replaced classic hits with

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introducing themselves as a

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station. In 2014 WISS received a

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to increase power to 50,000 watts day and 20,000 watts critical hours. The power increase was never built. On May 9, 2016, WISS changed its format from news/talk to classic hits, simulcasting

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102.3 FM Wautoma and the translator moved from 97.3 FM Berlin to 98.7 FM Oshkosh. On October 7, 2022, Civic Media acquired WISS, dropped its simulcast with WAUH and changed its format to progressive news/talk as "Air Support Radio". With the format change WISS opened a new studio in downtown Oshkosh with the intention of originating local programming.

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In addition to the main station, WISS is relayed by an additional translator to widen its broadcast area.

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