area hattiesburg laurel branding southern miss radio frequency 88.5 mhz format adult album alternative americana music eclectic erp 3 000 watts haat 129.3 meters class a facility id 69214 transmitter coordinates 31 21 2.00 n 89 22 12.00 w 31.3505556 n 89.3700000 w 31.3505556 ; 89.3700000 callsign meaning university of southern mississippi 1 owner university of southern mississippi webcast yes website official website wusm fm 88.5 fm is a radio station broadcasting a aaa format . licensed to hattiesburg mississippi usa the station serves the hattiesburg laurel area . the station is currently owned by university of southern mississippi . 2 3 wusm offers a variety of public affairs programs and music that would otherwise not be available . wusm s diverse programming includes american roots music jazz blues adult album alternative alternative rock and local artists . wusm has embarked on a major awareness campaign in january 2011 . starting with a yearly golf tournament a round for roots radio roots radio 88.5 spent 2011 engaging in a social media campaign to raise awareness and listenership in the community . wusm hosted a series of concerts in conjunction with fall football games on the university of southern mississippi campus . known as the wusm tailgate concert series eight artists played tailgating events at the home games in 2011 . starting with southbound crescent on september 3 the free concerts were broadcast live on wusm . wusm is also co promoted a live concert with the saenger theatre and 206 front with leon redbone on september 26 . wusm is also promoting a monthly series of live concerts in hattiesburg featuring local regional and national acts that will be fund raising events for the radio station . references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . wusm fm facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wusm fm station information profile . arbitron . external links edit query the fcc s fm station database for wusm radio locator information on wusm query nielsen audio s fm station database for wusm v t e radio stations in the laurel hattiesburg mississippi market by am frequency 810 890 950 1340 1400 1580 by fm frequency 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.1 93.1 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.5 97.3 98.1 99.3 100.3 102.5 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.3 107.1 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.475 by callsign kih47 w216ba waii waml waoy watp wbbn wffx wfmm wfor wgdq whja whsy wjkx wjmg wkzw wlau wlvz wlxw wmah fm wmaw fm wmxi wnsl worv wqid lp wsjc wusm fm wxhb wxrr wzkx wzld wznf defunct wzhl 101.7 fm nearby radio markets biloxi gulfport pascagoula jackson mccomb brookhaven meridian mobile see also list of radio stations in mississippi this article about a radio station in mississippi is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wusm fm & oldid 717377885 categories college radio stations in mississippiradio stations in mississippiuniversity of southern mississippimississippi radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 april 2016 at 09 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view