WLBL (AM)

WLBL (AM)
City	Auburndale, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Stevens Point Wisconsin Rapids Marshfield, Wisconsin
Frequency	930 kHz
Translator(s)	99.1 Mhz (W256CZ) 100.9 Mhz (W265DC)
First air date	February 5, 1923
Format	Public radio, News
Power	5,000 watts (daytime) 70 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	63138
Callsign meaning	Wisconsin, Land of Beautiful Lakes^[1]
Former callsigns	WPAH (1923-1924)
Affiliations	Wisconsin Public Radio, NPR, American Public Media
Owner	Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Webcast	Stream
Website	Wisconsin Public Radio WLBL Webpage

WLBL (930 AM) is a radio station licensed to Auburndale, Wisconsin, serving Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's "Ideas Network", consisting of news and talk programming.

WLBL is the second-oldest station in the Wisconsin Public Radio network. It traces its history to station WPAH in Waupaca, which was licensed to the Wisconsin Department of Markets, and began broadcasting on February 5, 1923. The Department later moved its operations to Stevens Point, where it was issued a license for WLBL in May 1924. In 1932, it began sharing programs with Madison's WHA—the ancestor of today's Wisconsin Public Radio network. Owned for many years by the state Commerce Department, it is now owned by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

WLBL must power down to 70 watts at sunset, resulting in spotty coverage even in Stevens Point. It is allowed to boost its power to 500 watts before sunrise, then go to full power at sunrise. Because of this, an HD Radio subchannel of the full Ideas Network schedule is heard on Wausau's WHRM-FM (90.9-3), a sister station to WLBL which carries WPR's NPR News and Classical service.

See also Wisconsin Public Radio

References

↑ The station application requested "WLOL", for "Land of Lakes", but the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, required that call signs for new stations meet the current standard of being issued sequentially-assigned call letters that had "B" as the third letter, so "WLBL" was substituted, and the station slogan modified accordingly. 9XM Talking by Randall Davidson, 2006, page 204, quoting the May 12, 1924 issue of the Stevens Point Daily Journal.

External links

Wisconsin Public Radio

Query the FCC's AM station database for WLBL

Radio-Locator Information on WLBL

Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	KSPP W212BB W221CN W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA-FM WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

NPR station networks/member stations in the state of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Radio NPR News & Classical Network	WERN Madison WGTD Kenosha/Racine WHWA Washburn/Ashland/Bayfield WHND Sister Bay/N. Door County WHRM Wausau WHSA Brule/Hayward WLSU La Crosse WPNE Green Bay WSSU Superior WSSW Platteville WUEC Eau Claire WVSS Menomonie

Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network	KUWS Superior WHA Madison WHAA Adams/Wisconsin Rapids/Wisconsin Dells WHAD Delafield/Milwaukee W300BM Madison/E. Dane County WHBM Park Falls WHDI Sister Bay/N. Door County WHHI Highland/W. Dane County WHID Green Bay WHLA La Crosse WHWC Menomonie WLBL Auburndale/Stevens Point WLBL-FM Wausau WRFW River Falls WRST-FM Oshkosh/Fond du Lac WSHS Sheboygan WUWS Ashland

Wisconsin Public Radio HD2 Classical Network (HD/Internet radio network)	KUWS-HD2 Superior/Duluth WERN-HD2 Madison WHAD-HD2 Delafield/Milwaukee WHRM-HD2 Wausau WERN-HD2 Madison WLSU-HD2 La Crosse WPNE-HD2 Green Bay

Milwaukee Public Radio	WUWM

WXPR Public Radio	WXPR Rhinelander WXPW Wausau W265AI Ironwood, Michigan

Woodland Community Radio	WOJB Reserve/Hayward

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44°36′48″N 90°02′14″W / 44.61333°N 90.03722°W / 44.61333; -90.03722

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