WERN

This article is about the American FM radio station. For the German river, see Wern.

WERN

Madison, Wisconsin
Frequency	88.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format	Public radio, Classical music, News
Subchannels	HD2: All Classical HD3: Ideas (Talk)
Affiliations	Wisconsin Public Radio, NPR, American Public Media
Ownership
Owner	Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Sister stations	WHA
History
First air date	1947
Former call signs	WHA-FM (1947-1974)
Call sign meaning	Wisconsin Educational Radio Network (early branding for network)
Technical information
Facility ID	63030
Class	B
ERP	20,500 watts
HAAT	385 meters (1,263 ft)
Links
Webcast	Stream
Website	Wisconsin Public Radio

WERN (88.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and is the flagship of WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music and news and talk programming.

The station first signed on in 1947, as the first FM station in what would become Wisconsin Public Radio. It was originally known as WHA-FM, after its AM sister, WHA; it became WERN in 1974.

Since Ideas Network flagship WHA must reduce its power to an all-but-unlistenable level at night, WERN airs a simulcast of the Ideas Network on its HD3 channel. This is used to feed a low-powered translator at 90.9 FM for non-HD Radio listeners.

See also

Wisconsin Public Radio

External links

• Wisconsin Public Radio
• Facility details for Facility ID WERN ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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• W215AQ at FCCdata.org