Overview
WNIU (90.5 FM) is a public radio station licensed to Rockford, Illinois. It brands itself as “Northern Public Radio: WNIJ and WNIU.” It first signed on in 1991.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WNIU
- Frequency
- 90.5 FM
- Format
- Public radio (Classical music)
- On-air name
- Northern Public Radio: WNIJ and WNIU
- City of license
- Rockford, IL
- Market
- Rockford, IL
- Licensee
- Northern Illinois University
- Power
- 50,000 watts
- Station class
- B
- First on air
- 1991
- FCC facility ID
- 49545
- Website
- northernpublicradio.org
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its programming is listed as public radio (classical music). It carries programs from American Public Media. The FCC license is held by Northern Illinois University. It has used the WNIU call letters since July 1997.
Its website is northernpublicradio.org. Rockford is in the Rockford, IL market, where local newspapers include Rockford Register Star and Rock River Times.
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WNIU at a glance
- Frequency
- 90.5 FM
- On air as
- Northern Public Radio: WNIJ and WNIU
- Format
- Public radio (Classical music)
- Licensed to
- Rockford, IL
- Market
- Rockford, IL
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