WSIE

WSIE is a public radio station in Edwardsville, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Owned by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, it is the primary jazz station for the Greater St. Louis area. It also broadcasts news and student programming, and is the anchor station for SIUE Sports' Cougar Network. Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission in January 1969, WSIE operates with 50,000-watts of effective radiated power at 88.7 megahertz in the FM band. A member of National Public Radio, the station's studios are in Dunham Hall, and the transmitter and 420 feet tower are located near the Supporting Services Building on the SIUE campus. WSIE is used as a training ground for students of the SIUE Mass Communications Department. Among broadcasters who received training at WSIE are Frank O Pinion; Megan Lynch, Ralph Graczak and Tom Calhoun of KMOX; Dewayne Staats; Paul Schankmann; Elizabeth Erwin; Steve Jankowski; Sara Wojcicki; Frank Akers; Tom Dehner; and Tom Casey. WSIE also streams its programming on the internet.