AUDIO ARCHIVES: Selected WLSU/WHLA programs are available on the La Crosse audio archives page.

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Highlights of regular local programming include:

...on 88.9 WLSU-FM/HD1, the NPR news and music service of WPR:

Weekdays during Morning Edition (4-9 am),Wisconsin Public Radio and WLSU team up with NPR to cover the day's news. Weekly current affairs segments include:

Newsmakers - Monday 8:30 am

WLSU’s weekly news and current affairs round-table discussion with an emphasis on timely Coulee Region people, issues and special guests. John Davis hosts.

Day to Day Ethics - Tuesday 8:30 am

This series addresses ethical issues that face people in their everyday lives; learn more about the series at the D.B. Reinhart Center for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University, or listen online to audio archives.

WLSU's encore broadcasts through December include:

Nov. 24 - Shanna Berg: It’s a Whole New Life. She talks about her changing lifestyle as an organic egg farmer.

Dec. 1 - Theresa Marquez: Food for Thought. Why we should care about the food we eat and the people who produce it.

Dec. 8 - Curt Meine: The Earth and its Goodness. Exploring the philosophy of Aldo Leopold and the land ethic

Dec. 15 - Linda Larson: Live it Up. A nurse talks about our lifestyles; how to live better and why it matters to communities.

Dec. 22 – Sister Lucy Slinger: Earth Spirituality and Our Environment. Putting science and religion together for the sake of our planet.

Coulee Region Connections - Thursday 8:30 am

Mary Meehan-Strub, director of UW Extension for La Crosse County, hosts this weekly conversation about community events and organizations.

Arts & Entertainment Weekly - Friday 8:30 am

WLSU’s weekly guide to Coulee Region arts events and activities features timely previews, interviews and occasional performances; with host John Gaddo. We also invite you to listen to special archived features from A&EW on the La Crosse audio archives page.

...and afternoons during All Things Considered (3-5:30pm)...

WLSU teams up with NPR and Wisconsin Public Radio to update the day's news. Listen for our hour-long roundup of the day's top stories between 5 and 6 p.m., including a summary of regional news and features at 5:20, and the day's business news at 5:30 on Marketplace from American Public Media.

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Also on 88.9 WLSU-FM/HD1...

Jazz Night
Sunday through Thursday evenings, locally-hosted jazz & blues including: The Sunday Jam (DEBUTING SOON!) presenting a wider-than-usual range of musical styles that intersect with jazz; and our Blues Night emphasis on Wednesday evenings.

Friday nights feature PRI's Riverwalk Jazz at 8, followed by an evening of recent recordings and classic performances hosted by nationally-syndicated jazz host Bob Parlocha.

Jazz Encores
La Crosse-area hosts share favorites from the WLSU music library, including selected encore broadcasts from past shows.

Side By Side Jazz is an ongoing series showcasing WLSU's extensive collection of LP recordings, one side at a time; it can be heard Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 pm; repeats are scheduled periodically throughout WLSU's weekly jazz schedule.

The Saturday Afternoon Jazz Club - Saturday 1-5 pm
Join volunteer hosts (and jazz fans) every Saturday afternoon. Requests are welcome at (608)785-8380

Sonic Vibrations - Sunday 6 pm
Steve Farley is your host for an hour of electronic music featuring a variety of contemporary artists. Contact Steve with your comments or playlist requests by e-mail at sonicvibrations889@hotmail.com (Sonic Vibrations is moving to 10 pm in the weeks ahead - listen for on-air announcements!)

The World Cafe - Weekdays 6-8 pm
NPR host David Dye introduces us to the newest in contemporary music through studio interviews and performances, plus new and classic recordings. And beginning soon, David Dye returns each weekend with encore interviews and performances from recent programs on Conversations at the World Cafe.

For WLSU's full schedule, check out our daily program guide.

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Other program news...

WPR Network Programming - Information on NPR News and music programming on 88.9 WLSU-FM/HD1, La Crosse, and 89.1 WSSW, Platteville, can be found at WPR News and Music. Please note: local programming preempts some WPR network programs on 88.9 WLSU-FM/HD1; you can hear the entire service on 88.9 WLSU-HD2).

WPR's full-time Classical Music service can be heard on 90.3 WHLA-HD2, locally, or over the Internet. Learn more at WPR Classical.

Details about WPR's Ideas Network programming on 90.3 WHLA-FM/HD1, La Crosse, and 91.3 WHHI-FM/HD1, Highland, can be found at WPR Ideas. Regional news and weather headlines can be heard on Ideas 90.3 weekdays between 6 and 8 a.m.

Coulee Region Events and Activities

Web links to Coulee Region community events can be found on our Regional Events and Activities page.

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SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY!

Wisconsin Public Radio supports several arts and performance series throughout the greater La Crosse area – and we encourage you to also support these events with your presence.

Watch here for updates of WPR-sponsored events presented by one or more of our community partners: The Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse Community Theatre, UW-La Crosse, Heider Center for the Arts, Viterbo University, and others -- and thanks!!

HD DIGITAL RADIO OFFERS CLASSICAL MUSIC (AND MORE) FROM WPR

Wisconsin Public Radio has expanded its HD digital radio service to southwestern Wisconsin. These new "high definition" digital broadcasts also serve the adjoining portions of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.

HD radio broadcasts result in two significant changes for listeners with HD radio receivers:

* First, it enhances the sound of a station's existing programs by improving the signal to a CD-quality listening experience.

* Second, it allows FM radio stations to add additional channels of programming to better serve listeners who have HD radio receivers. (The station's main programming is heard on HD1, while additional programming can be heard on HD2, HD3, etc.)

Early in 2007 88.9 WLSU-FM introduced the first full-time HD radio signal to La Crosse. In September 2008 WPR upgraded Ideas 90.3 WHLA, La Crosse, to HD. Similarly, Ideas 91.3 WHHI, Highland, has also been upgraded to HD.

90.3 WHLA-HD2 and 91.3 WHHI-HD2 are now broadcasting WPR Classical, the 24-hour classical music service of Wisconsin Public Radio.

88.9 WLSU-HD2 is currently broadcasting the NPR News and Classical Music service of WPR, repeating many of the same programs already on 88.9 WLSU-FM/HD1. Additional programs will be added to WLSU-HD2 in the weeks ahead.

If you are an HD radio listener, we invite your comments and signal reports. Please email them to WPR's southwest regional manager John Gaddo. Also please note that there may be occasional interruptions to these services as engineers and programmers periodically fine-tune these new systems.

Learn more about HD radio and WPR's HD radio stations here. Learn more about WPR Classical, here. And learn more about HD digital radio on a national basis here.