WSAU-FM (99.9

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) is a

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broadcasting a conservative

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ing WSAU in Wausau.

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, United States, the station serves the

Stevens Point Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The city was incorporated in 1858. Its 2020 population of 25,666 makes it the largest city in the county. Stevens Point forms the core of the United States Census Bur ...

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area. The station is currently owned by

Midwest Communications Midwest Communications is a Wausau, Wisconsin-based radio broadcasting company. It owns 82 radio stations located primarily within the Midwest United States, in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Illinois and ...

. WSAU derives a large amount of its programming from nationally syndicated

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shows, and also broadcasts sports, such as from the

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History

WSAU-FM was previously known as WIZD and had a history of

ing WOFM in Wausau under various

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and

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formats since the 1990s. On September 9, 2009 at 5AM, WIZD dropped the WOFM simulcast (doing so in the middle of the song "

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" by

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) and began simulcasting sister news station

WSAU (AM) WSAU (550 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a conservative talk format serving Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, area, and simulcasted on WSAU-FM (99.9) in Stevens Point (licensed to Rudolph). The station is owned by Wausau-based Midwe ...

under new calls WSAU-FM.

History of call letters

The call letters WSAU-FM were previously assigned to a Wausau station (now

WIFC WIFC (95.5 FM) is a top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Wausau, Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated locally by Midwest Communications, previously owned by Journal Communications Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communication ...

) that began broadcasting August 29, 1948. It broadcast on 95.5 MHz and was licensed to The Milwaukee Journal. Image:WIZD logo.jpg, Logo until 2009 when it

ed WOFM Image:WSAU logo.gif, Logo until 2015, when WSAU officially changed their logo

References

External links

* SAU-FM Midwest Communications radio stations News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub