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{{Infobox radio station dual
| name1 = WFSU-FM
| name2 = WFSW
| logo = WFSU_Public_Media_logo.png
| city1 = [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| city2 = [[Panama City, Florida]]
| country = US
| branding = WFSU Public Media
| frequency1 = {{Frequency|88.9|MHz}}
| frequency2 = {{Frequency|89.1|MHz}}
| erp2 = 100,000 watts
| haat2 = {{Convert|123|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| coordinates2 = {{coord|30|50|12.00|N| 83|58|57.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| translator = [[#Stations|See § Stations]]
| airdate1 = {{start date|1954|7}} and to 88.9 in [[1990 in radio|1990]]
| format = [[Public radio]]
| erp1 = 90,000 [[watt]]s
| haat1 = {{Convert|379|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| class1 = C
| facility_id1 = 21799
| coordinates1 = {{coord|30|40|13.00|N|83|56|26.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| facility_id2 = 93708
| class2 = C1
| callsign_meaning = Florida State University
| affiliations = [[NPR]]<br>[[Public Radio Exchange]]
| owner = [[Florida State University]]
| sister_stations = [[WFSU-TV]]
| webcast = {{ubl|{{listenlive|https://mp3stream.wfsu.org:8443/889hi}}|{{listenlive|https://mp3stream.wfsu.org:8443/891hi}}}}
| website = [https://www.wfsu.org/ WFSU website]
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| airdate2 = {{start date|1996|3|18}}
}}{{Infobox radio station dual
| name1 = WFSQ
| name2 = WFSL
| city1 = [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| city2 = [[Thomasville, Georgia]]
| country = US
| branding = WFSU Public Media
| frequency1 = {{Frequency|91.5|MHz}}
| frequency2 = {{Frequency|90.7|MHz}}
| erp2 = 250 watts
| haat2 = {{Convert|47|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| coordinates2 = {{coord|30|22|2.00|N|85|55|29.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| translator = [[#Stations|See § Stations]]
| airdate1 = {{Start date|1990|10|14}}
| format = [[Classical music]]
| erp1 = 86,000 watts
| haat1 = {{Convert|224|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| class1 = C1
| facility_id1 = 21803
| coordinates1 = {{coord|30|21|31.00|N|84|36|38.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| facility_id2 = 21798
| class2 = A
| owner = [[Florida State University]]
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://mp3stream.wfsu.org:8443/915hi}}
| website = [https://www.wfsu.org/ WFSU website]
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| airdate2 = {{Start date|2003|4|15}}
}}

'''WFSU''' is the callsign (or variations thereon) for public [[radio station]]s operated by [[Florida State University]] in [[Tallahassee, Florida]].

==Stations==

WFSU operates three radio stations that serve northern Florida:

===WFSU-FM===
'''WFSU-FM''' (88.9 FM) is a Tallahassee-based news/talk/public affairs station carrying several [[NPR]] programs and overnight [[BBC World Service]] programming. Also relays to the following translators:

{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WFSU-FM
| width    =

| call1    = W229AD
| freq1    = 93.7
| city1    = Tallahassee, Florida
| fid1     = 21802
| watts1   = 250
| haat1    = 44
| class1   = D
| coord1   = 
| notes1   =

| call2    = W244BM
| freq2    = 96.7
| city2    = Apalachicola, Florida
| fid2     = 4294
| watts2   = 250
| haat2    = 85
| class2   = D
| coord2   = 
| notes2   =

| call3    = W246AX
| freq3    = 97.1
| city3    = Carrabelle, Florida
| fid3     = 145226
| watts3   = 120
| haat3    = 39
| class3   = D
| coord3   = 
| notes3   = 
}}

===WFSQ & WFSL===
'''WFSQ''' (91.5 FM) is a Tallahassee-based [[European classical music|classical music]] station. Also heard on '''WFSL''' (90.7 FM) in [[Thomasville, Georgia]], and relays to the following translator:

{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WFSQ
| width    =

| call1    = W224AT
| freq1    = 92.7
| city1    = Tallahassee, Florida
| fid1     = 65440
| watts1   = 250
| haat1    = 69
| class1   = D
| coord1   = 
| notes1   = 
}}

===WFSW===
'''WFSW''' (89.1 FM) is a [[Panama City, Florida|Panama City]]-based news/talk/public affairs station. Offers many of the same programs as WFSU. Also relays to the following translators:

{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WFSW
| width    =

| call1    = W216BT
| freq1    = 91.1
| city1    = Port St. Joe, Florida
| fid1     = 122677
| watts1   = 80
| haat1    = 48
| class1   = D
| coord1   = 
| notes1   =

| call2    = W291AD
| freq2    = 106.1
| city2    = Marianna, Florida
| fid2     = 4293
| watts2   = 40
| haat2    = 87
| class2   = D
| coord2   = 
| notes2   = 
}}

==History==
Florida State entered radio on January 21, 1949, when WFSU started as a student-run radio station at 660 [[AM broadcasting|AM]].  Due to the terms of its license, the signal was limited to the confines of the Florida State campus.  It was on the air for three hours every night during the week, with a lineup of campus news, interviews, music and an occasional radio drama.

The station was forced off the air in April [[1953 in radio|1953]] due to complaints that the signal was leaking off campus.  Florida State applied for a low-powered FM license, and WFSU returned to the air at 91.5 FM in July [[1954 in radio|1954]].  Soon afterward, it joined the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, allowing it to significantly upgrade its programming with offerings from [[BBC World Service]] and [[Radio France]].  It also began carrying [[Florida State Seminoles football|Seminoles football]] games because no commercial station in Tallahassee would carry them.

In [[1970 in radio|1970]], WFSU-FM became a charter member of NPR, and was one of the 90 stations to carry the initial broadcast of ''[[All Things Considered]].''  In the 1970s, it shifted to a format of mostly classical music.

The station continued to grow during the 1980s, but was somewhat hampered by problems with its signal.  Unlike most NPR stations of the time, it had no backup power source for its transmitter, resulting in frequent outages.  The station's reception was also marginal at best in the northeastern part of the city, which is very hilly.  To solve the problem, WFSU won approval for a new station on 88.9 FM, operating from a new tower northeast of Tallahassee.  All NPR news and information programming moved there on October 14, 1990.  Classical music remained on 91.5, which received new call letters, WFSQ.  However, due to the legal structure of the changeover, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] considers WFSQ to be the same station as the old WFSU.  To improve its coverage on the Georgia side of the market, Florida State started WFSL in [[2003 in radio|2003]].

WFSW signed on in [[1996 in radio|1996]], providing Panama City with a second NPR service, alongside [[Gulf Coast Community College]]'s [[WKGC-FM]].  Panama City is one of the smallest cities in the country with separate NPR stations.

==Controversy==
In June 2011, it was revealed that WFSU will receive $2.8 million in funding for various services related to Florida government. This is despite the $4.8 million of funding to other public radio and television stations vetoed by Governor [[Rick Scott]] in May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/gov-rick-scotts-veto-of-public-tv-and-radio-funds-spares-capitals-wfsu/1173819 |title=St. Petersburg Times: "Gov. Rick Scott's veto of public TV and radio funds spares capital's WFSU", June 6, 2011. |access-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609052219/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/gov-rick-scotts-veto-of-public-tv-and-radio-funds-spares-capitals-wfsu/1173819 |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[WVFS]] (not affiliated with WFSU)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.wfsu.org/ WFSU website]
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