WUIS (91.9 FM), branded on-air as NPR Illinois, is the

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

member station in Springfield, Illinois, United States. It primarily features

news and talk programming. The station is owned by and based at the

University of Illinois Springfield The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is a public university in Springfield, Illinois. The university was established in 1969 as Sangamon State University by the Illinois General Assembly and became a part of the University of Illinois ...

. It operates a full-time satellite, WIPA in Pittsfield, which serves a small portion of the Quincy market.

History

WUIS originally hit the airwaves on January 3, 1975, as WSSR, operated by what was then Sangamon State University. It became WSSU in 1989, and adopted its current calls when Sangamon State merged with the University of Illinois system in 1995. WIPA was brought online in 1993. In 2015, the station rebranded as "NPR Illinois."

External links

WUIS official website
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References

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