ohio slogan our community . our nation . our world frequency 91.3 mhz also on hd radio first air date 1958 format npr public radio audience share 1.9 fall 2007 rrc 1 erp 55 000 watts haat 122 meters 400 ft class b facility id 2374 transmitter coordinates 39 45 46.00 n 83 52 59.00 w 39.7627778 n 83.8830556 w 39.7627778 ; 83.8830556 callsign meaning yellow springs ohio former callsigns none affiliations national public radio public radio international bbc world service owner antioch college antioch college corporation webcast listen website 91.3 wyso wyso 91.3 fm is a radio station in yellow springs ohio near dayton operated by antioch college . it is the flagship national public radio member station for the miami valley including the cities of dayton and springfield . wyso signed on in 1958 and has the distinction of being located in one of the smallest villages to host an npr affiliate station . wyso broadcasts in the hd radio format . 2 contents 1 history 2 programming 3 management 4 references 5 external links history edit wyso started as a student and faculty station with a 10 watt transmitter located at the student union building of antioch college an institution with a unique progressive philosophy . by the early 1970s an intermediate power increase to 3000 watts and the introduction of permanent paid staff began a move towards reflecting and serving a larger community . at that time wyso was known as a university based community radio station . significantly several antioch college students and other volunteers took it upon themselves to be involved with an incipient community and public radio movement in the united states . several of those individuals have occupied key positions since that time out of proportion to the station s modest size . 3 4 before npr affiliation nearly all of the station s programming was locally originated . the station had carried live metropolitan opera radio broadcasts ad hoc networks set up by anti vietnam war activists and a few recorded syndicated programs . wyso people s news a local news program was aired in the 1970s and 1980s . the rest of wyso s program schedule was eclectic and block programming . as at other community radio stations in the united states npr affiliation was viewed with suspicion by some insiders but the attendant money from the corporation for public broadcasting led to a permanent staff and a local fundraising mandate . wyso became an npr member station and started broadcasting all things considered at the time of the first power increase sometime between 1971 and 1973 . the eventual popularity of npr s news and information programming was not foreseen at the time and there were endless discussions about how the newly energized medium of noncommercial radio would best serve the community . the topic of local versus national origination was an important but not the only subject of debate . the decision to replace morning bluegrass music local and unique to the region with network news in the morning was undertaken in the late 1980s . tom and jim duffee and other local bluegrass musicians introduced the genre on wyso around 1970 and it was embraced by management at the time as a link with the larger southwest ohio community . in the spring of 2002 a group of listeners formed keep wyso local in response to cutbacks to local programming . 5 the group continued to debate the future of the station with the university . 6 programming edit locally produced rise when the rooster crows once a daily morning feature now airs traditional bluegrass music on sunday mornings . morning edition has aired in its place since the late 1980s . bluegrass music is also aired on saturday evenings with the program down home bluegrass . programming from public radio international and bbc world service is also aired . management edit most local programming as measured by airtime is produced by volunteers . volunteers listeners and donors to the station have asserted an unofficial role in station governance since the 1970s when the station was managed under antioch s community government . the university holds the license and administrators now hire the professional staff . in december 2008 wyso announced that neenah ellis a public radio producer and host would be the station s next general manager . she and her husband npr host and author noah adams would make their home in yellow springs . 7 references edit dayton market ratings . radio research consortium . arbitron . fall 2007 . http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 58 walker jesse 2001 . rebels on the air an alternative history of radio in america . new york university press . isbn 0 8147 9381 9 . npr s john mcchesney remembers starting out at wyso chiddister diane 2002 12 05 . kwl responds to claims made by wyso resource board members . yellow springs news . retrieved 2009 03 05 . back in action keep wyso local . dayton daily news . 2008 04 08 . retrieved 2009 03 05 . laura dempsey 2008 12 08 . wyso picks npr veteran as new gm . dayton daily news . retrieved 2009 01 14 . external links edit 91.3 wyso query the fcc s fm station database for wyso radio locator information on wyso query nielsen audio s fm station database for wyso v t e antioch college landmarks antioch hall north and south halls glen helen nature preserve olive kettering library wyso history nonstop liberal arts institute people presidents horace mann thomas hill simeon d. fess edward orton sr. arthur ernest morgan algo henderson douglas mcgregor samuel b. gould william birenbaum mark roosevelt tom manley others notable alumni notable faculty misc . the antioch review v t e radio stations in the dayton ohio market by am frequency 910 980 1110 1130 1210 1290 1340 1410 1500 1570 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.5 103.9 104.7 105.9 106.5 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.3 107.7 by callsign 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