WSHS (FM)

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WSHS-FM (91.7) is a student-run high school radio station operating on a non-commercial license in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Owned by the Sheboygan Area School District, the station's studio is located on the second floor of Sheboygan North High School on the city's north side, and the transmitter is located atop the North High building. An auxiliary studio is also located at Sheboygan South High School, though most programming originates out of North High. The station's signal covers most of Sheboygan and portions of Kohler.

WSHS' transmitter is seen to the left in this photo of North High School's front entrance.

The station came on the air in 1968, and was the first high school radio station in the state of Wisconsin. Some local and state personalities had their starts on the air of WSHS, like current Milwaukee radio hosts such as WTMJ-AM (620)'s Gene Mueller and Dick Alpert, who also anchors "Madison in the Morning" at 1310 WIBA in Madison. Locally, WHBL (1330)'s Josh Dekker had his start during "South Nights" in the mid-1990s.

During the school year, the station runs a music format from 8am-5pm, which is run by broadcasting students at North with a variety of genres played, including Top 40, soft rock, alternative music, and some hard rock. As the station is also an educational tool for the students, WSHS also runs news briefs, weather forecasts and fact segments (such as trivia questions, "Today in History", and "Birthdays") at various times throughout the day, along with taking requests via the phone and an in-studio fax machine (NPR News is also broadcast at the top of every hour in student-operated hours). All of the station's DJs are required to take two years of broadcasting classes and acquire an FCC non-educational license card before they can have an on-air shift on the station.

After 5pm, the station carries the Ideas Network feed of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), which has a talk format. The Ideas Network also runs almost all day on weekends and throughout the summer break, along with any school holidays.

During the weekend, ethnic broadcasters air their programming on the station. Hmong language talk/music programming from WPR's Green Bay station, WHID, airs on Friday and Saturday nights after 5pm, while a local Spanish program consisting of mostly music airs Saturdays at noon.

[edit] See also

• Sheboygan North High School
• Sheboygan Area School District

[edit] External links

• WSHS-FM Webpage
• Wisconsin Public Radio
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSHS
• Radio Locator information on WSHS

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