KUWS is a public

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in Superior, Wisconsin, licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and operated by the

University of Wisconsin–Superior The University of Wisconsin–Superior (UW–Superior or UWS) is a public liberal arts university in Superior, Wisconsin. UW–Superior grants associate, bachelor's, master's and specialist's degrees. The university enrolls 2,559 undergraduates ...

since January 21, 1966.Gitche Gumee (yearbook)(1967), p. 19. Wisconsin State University-Superior, Superior, WI. KUWS is an affiliate of

Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is a network of 34 public radio stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct analog services, the ''Ideas Network'' and the '' NPR News & Music Network,'' as well as the ''All Classic ...

's Ideas Network. It also airs university and student-produced programming weeknights with 91 Jazz St. from 7:00 to 10:00 and College Rock from 10:00 to 1:00 am.* KUWS broadcasts on 91.3 FM with 83,000 watts. KUWS was previously heard on translator station W275AF in the Ashland-Washburn-Bayfield area at 102.5 FM before September 12, 2011, when full-power

WUWS WUWS is a public radio station in Ashland, Wisconsin, licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is a network of 34 public radio stations ...

(90.9) was launched from Ashland, replacing W275AF. WUWS continues to relay KUWS's schedule and is programmed from WPR's Superior studios. The original station call letters were WSSU, representing Wisconsin Superior State University. The

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KUWS were assigned on August 1, 1988, as part of the station's affiliation with Wisconsin Public Radio. KUWS was permitted a "K" prefix, despite its location east of the Mississippi, due to Duluth-Superior's status as a "mixed" market, with several K-prefix stations already licensed to Superior. The KUWS studios are in the Holden Fine Arts Center at 1805 Catlin Avenue in Superior. The studios also provide local programming for Wisconsin Public Radio's NPR News and Classical Music network station for northwest Wisconsin,

WHSA WHSA (89.9 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Brule, Wisconsin, and serving the Duluth/ Superior area. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music a ...

in Brule, as well as

WHWA WHWA is a public radio station in Washburn, Wisconsin, licensed to the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music ...

in Washburn, WSSU in Superior, and

in Ashland. The KUWS transmitting facility is co-located with KBJR-TV in the Duluth tower farm.

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In addition to the main station, KUWS is relayed by an additional full-power station in the Chequamegon Bay and

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region east of Superior to widen its broadcast area.

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* * {{coord, 46.789, N, 92.114, W, type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC, display=title Radio stations in Superior, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Superior Wisconsin Public Radio NPR member stations

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