New digs for University of Wisconsin-Madison's student radio station

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My Preface Note - UW-Madison student radio/WLHA/WSUM has traveled quite the path over the years.

WSUM was an internet station for a long-time (many years) while undergoing a tower fight with the Town of Montrose, to finally getting on terrestrial radio, and now to a new set of digs.

It is nice to see WSUM get a new home and a solid foundation for the future - see the two newspaper links pasted below for more information on WSUM today.

http://77square.com/music/features/story_439009

At the clubs: WSUM brings eclectic radio (and free cake!) to Madison

WSUM celebrates seven years at its current spot on the dial with a free anniversary show and free cake this Friday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m. in Der Rathskeller at the Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. Local band Steez will be rolling out a set of its popular "creepfunk" songs.

[Click link above for the complete newspaper article.]

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/437770

TUE., FEB 10, 2009 - 10:13 PM
New digs for University of Wisconsin-Madison's student radio station
Deborah Ziff
Wisconsin State Journal
608-252-6234
[email protected]

Listeners might never again hear the charming sound of a bus engine rumbling behind the smooth talk of a morning DJ.

And students likely won’t need to suffer spiritedly through shifts in a 100-degree studio, overheated by broadcast equipment.

The new digs for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s scrappy student radio station, WSUM-FM (91.7), make up in quality what they lack in winsome idiosyncrasies. Not bad for a radio station that ran afoul of the Federal Communications Commission in the early 1990s and only began legally broadcasting over the air seven years ago. ...

[Click link above for the complete newspaper article.]