Welcome to the Southwest Regional Office of Wisconsin Public Radio. We invite your questions and comments about membership, programming and other regional broadcast-related matters; our office can also guide you through making major financial gifts or corporate support/underwriting contributions to WPR; and we're home to WPR's award-winning La Crosse News Bureau.
Our stations extend the mission and goals of our institutional partners, including the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, UW-Extention and Wisconsin's Educational Communications Board.
Please let us know what's on your mind and how we can help – and thanks! (Scroll down for contact information.)
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HD DIGITAL RADIO OFFERS CLASSICAL MUSIC (AND MORE) FROM WPR
WPR is expanding its HD digital radio service to the La Crosse area.
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 to HD.
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.)
90.3 WHLA-HD2 is 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 most of the same programs already on 88.9 WLSU. Additional programs will be added to WLSU-HD2 in the weeks ahead.
If you're an HD radio listener, we invite your comments and signal reports. Please email them to La Crosse-area regional manager John Gaddo. Also please note that there may be occasional interruptions to these services as engineers continue to fine-tune the system.
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.
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WPR SOUTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICES - STAFF AND CONTACT LINKS
Wisconsin Public Radio
WLSU/WHLA/WHHI/WSSW
c/o UW-La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
(Voice) 608-785-8380
(Fax) 608-785-5005
(E-mail) wlsuwhla@uwlax.edu
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ELECTION YEAR SPECIALS ON IDEAS 90.3 WHLA
WPR's La Crosse news bureau is drawing upon local and regional resources to provide a series of election-season broadcast specials focusing on some of the races in western Wisconsin. These "At Issue" regional specials all begin at 5 p.m. on Ideas 90.3 WHLA:
Thursday, October 16 - A conversation with District 91 State Assembly candidates Chris Danou-D, Dave Hegenbarth-R, Ted Burleson-L, Paul Beseler-I.
Friday, October 17 - A UW-La Crosse debate between District 94 State Assembly candidates Mike Huebsch and Cheryl Hancock. (recorded 10/14/08)
Thursday, October 23 - A conversation with District 92 State Assembly candidates Dan Hellman-R, Mark Radcliffe-D.
Friday, October 24 - A UW-La Crosse debate between District 32 State Senate candidates Dan Kapanke-R and Tara Johnson-D. (recorded 10/21/08)
Thursday, October 30 - A conversation with District 32 State Senate candidates Dan Kapanke-R and Tara Johnson-D.
Friday, October 31 - A UW-La Crosse debate between Wisconsin 3rd Congressional District candidates Ron Kind-D, Paul Stark-R and Kevin Barrett-L. (recorded 10/28/08)
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...on 88.9 WLSU, 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 broadcasts of Day to Day Ethics are underwriten, in part, by Attorney Heidi Eglash of Lawyers At Work, L.L.C., La Crosse.
Coming up on Day to Day Ethics...
Oct. 14 - Barbara Kooiman: Historic preservation. Can we save our historic buildings while meeting the demands of the future?
Oct. 21 - Tom Skemp: Saving souls behind bars. The life of a jail chaplain.
Oct. 28 - Tom Rand: Aging with Dignity. A nursing home administrator talks about the challenges of caring for the elderly.
LSO Connections - Wednesday 8:30 am (heard the Wednesday prior to LSO concerts; next broadcast on Oct. 15th)
Guest artists join LSO Music Director Amy Mills to preview performances by the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Wednesdays prior to the season's scheduled concerts.
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.
...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...
Jazz Night
Locally-hosted jazz & blues, Sunday through Thursday evenings, 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.
Just Jazz and Jazz Encores
La Crosse-area hosts share favorites from the WLSU music library, including selected encore broadcasts from past shows.
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 Sundays, also at 6 pm, 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, 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 WLSU.
WPR's full-time Classical Music service can be heard over the Internet. Learn more at WPR Classical. This is a service we expect to add to our southwest regional stations in 2008. Stay tuned!
Details about WPR's Ideas Network programming on 90.3 WHLA, La Crosse, and 91.3 WHHI, 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.
THE JOY RIDE!
Joy Cardin's Autumn tour is coming to the Coulee Region.
After five years of hosting the 6-9 a.m. hours on Ideas 90.3 WHLA, Joy Cardin will leave WPR's Madison studios to meet Wisconsin residents during her Autumn tour.
Fridays, during September and October, Joy will be in a new city, with new guests, and new audience members each week. While on the road, Joy will focus on the 2008 election season while searching out Wisconsin’s special places, people and politics
Ideas 90.3 WHLA welcomes Joy to Onalaska for a live broadcast on Friday, October 17, 6-9 a.m. at The Timbers on Hwy. 35, just a mile north of I-90.
Please stop by to say "hi", visit with other WPR listeners and enjoy a breakfast snack and beverage.
Following the broadcast, Joy will greet listeners during an informal reception at The Timbers. And then during the noon hour, Joy will be the guest speaker during the "Leadership at Noon" brown-bag lecture series presented by the D. B Reinhart Center for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University. It begins at 12-noon in room 107 of Viterbo's Reinhart Center and is free and open to the public.
More information about The Joy Ride tour can be found here.
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WPR SPONSORS HEIDER CENTER CONCERT SERIES:
The Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua opens the season!
WLSU/WHLA and Wisconsin Public Radio are pleased to co-sponsor the 2008-2009 concert series presented by the Heider Center for the Arts in West Salem.
Tent Show Radio host Warren Nelson and friends will travel from northern Wisconsin to open this year's concert series on Friday, Oct. 17th at 7:30, with their presentation of Big Top Chautauqua's "30th Star," a songwitness account celebrating 150 yaears of Wisconsin statehood.
Details and ticket information can be found at The Heider Center or by calling the box office at 608-786-1220, ext. 4.
And a reminder that Tent Show Radio is regularly broadcast Saturdays at 7 pm on Ideas 90.3 WHLA.
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Community Calendar Announcements
"Community Calendar" broadcasts are presented weekdays during Morning Edition on 88.9 WLSU.
Additional details and web links to Coulee Region community events can be found on our Regional Events and Activities page.
