article be merged into wvsg am . discuss proposed since may 2015 . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message wosu 820 am defunct broadcast area columbus ohio branding 89.7 fm npr news slogan making the world relevant ... to you frequency 820 khz repeater s wosu fm 89.7 columbus w208at 89.5 coshocton first air date april 20 1920 experimental license june 3 1922 broadcast license issued format npr talk radio sports power 5 000 watts day 790 watts night class b callsign meaning w ohio state university former callsigns 1922 1933 weao 1920 1922 8xl experimental owner the ohio state university sister stations wosu tv wpbo wosu fm wosa website www.wosu.org wosu 820 am was a national public radio news and talk radio station located in columbus ohio serving the columbus metro area . wosu is licensed by the federal communications commission as a daytime and nighttime radio station operating with a non directional power of 5 kw during the day and dropping to 790 watts at night to protect clear channel wbap in fort worth texas . the license holder was the ohio state university until the license changed hands over to st. gabriel radio inc. it is now wvsg . contents 1 history 2 2010 fm format change 3 wosu sold to st. gabriel radio 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit wosu is the oldest radio station in columbus . wosu s origins trace back to 1920 when ohio state university was granted an experimental license on april 20 1920 . on june 3 1922 the station received the call letters weao willing energetic athletic ohio . in 1933 the call letters were changed to wosu . for much of the 1960s and 70s wosu s programming was mostly locally originating featuring diverse music programs from classical and jazz ... and later to the seasonal metropolitan opera radio broadcasts on saturday afternoons moderated by its long time announcer milton cross and later by peter allen after cross passing leading to the gradual evolution of national public radio and its wosu affiliation . wosu also broadcast live remotes from the ohio state fair . today wosu is primarily an npr member station which started on am 820 and is now at 89.7 fm formerly a classical music station now moved to wosa . however it also broadcasts programs from american public media and public radio international . wosu is also home to the ohio state ice hockey and women s basketball broadcasts . on weekend evenings the station features 12 hours of bluegrass music on a program called the bluegrass ramble hosted by a group of three rotating announcers . in addition to its sports and news coverage the station also produced an award winning talk show open line with host fred andrle who retired in may 2009 after 25 years in radio . in september 2009 andrle s program was rechristened all sides with ann fisher hosted by a former columbus dispatch reporter and columnist with 20 years of journalism experience . 2010 fm format change edit on july 1 2010 ohio state announced it was buying commercial station wwcd and converting it to a non commercial classical music station . in turn wosu fm dropped the remaining classical music from its schedule and became an npr news talk station simulcasting with wosu . however the fm station will now be branded as the main station under the moniker 89.7 fm npr news . wwcd s existing format moved to 102.5 fm and wosu converted its four fm repeaters into repeaters of the new classical outlet to serve areas outside of columbus not well served by the new 101.1 frequency . 1 wosu sold to st. gabriel radio edit according to its website wosu was purchased by st. gabriel radio inc on september 21 2011 . since 2007 st. gabriel radio has been airing catholic programming on wvko 1580 am via a lease agreement with owner bernard ohio l.l.c. the transfer of the license and sale of the current wosu to st. gabriel radio inc. was approved by the fcc on november 7 2011 . wosu s final broadcast day was on friday december 9 2011 . at 5pm local time npr and local news broadcasts ended on wosu after which a continuous loop of announcements by wosu and npr staffers were aired asking listeners to switch over to wosu fm where its news and talk format would continue . the announcement loop continued to air until wednesday december 14 2011 . at 9 00 am local time the last voice heard on wosu was that of mandie trimble s repeated announcement asking listeners to switch to wosu fm . the beginning of the announcement i m mandie trimble w. . . which at that point the carrier was shut down while she was repeating the wosu callsign one last time . no formal announcement of farewell nor final goodbye to listeners was made prior to the final shutdown on wosu . am 820 returned to the air on december 17 2011 by the new owners st. gabriel radio inc. 820 am then changed its call letters to wvsg 1 which made its official debut on tuesday december 20 at 6pm . at that time st. gabriel ceased its broadcasts on wvko . wosu s current programming continues on wosu fm at 89.7 mhz . see also edit wosu fm wosu tv wosa wvsg references edit media bureau call sign actions pdf . federal communications commission . september 30 2011 . retrieved september 30 2011 . 2 . announcement by wosu general manager tom rieland of demise of wosu . 3 . columbus dispatch show and tell column s brief article scroll down of wosu going silent and returning to the air as wvsg . 4 . wosu 820 am signs off . from wosu website 5 . am proves to be a hard sell even for news radio . august 9 2010 post by karen everhart from current.org external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wvsg radio locator information on wvsg query nielsen audio s am station database for wvsg http wosu.org off air announcers gather to remember wosu am storycorps v t e the 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engineering honorary the stadium scholarship program university district v t e radio stations in the columbus ohio market by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.7 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 by am frequency 610 820 880 920 1230 1270 1320 1430 1460 1550 1580 digital radio 89.7 1 89.7 2 92.3 1 92.3 2 93.3 1 93.3 2 93.3 3 94.7 1 97.1 1 97.1 2 97.9 1 97.9 2 98.9 1 by callsign w252ay wbmo wbns wbns fm wcbe wckx wclt wclt fm wcol fm wcrs lp wcrx lp wcvo wdlr whkc wjkr wjyd wkcd wloh wlvq wmni wnci wnko wnnd wnnp wobn wodc wosa wosb fm wosu fm wqtt wrfd wrkz wsny wtoh wtvn wufm wvko wvko fm wvmx wvsg wwcd wxmg wxzx wyts wzcb defunct wsln 98.7 fm 1 1 now internet only ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio v t e npr member stations in the state of ohio ohio state university stations columbus wosu fm mansfield wosv columbus wosa coshocton wose marion wosb portsmouth wosp ohio university stations athens woub athens woub fm cambridge wouc chillicothe wouh ironton woul zanesville wouz kent state university stations kent wksu norwalk wnrk new philadelphia wkrj thompson wksv wooster wkrw wgte stations bryan wgbe defiance wgde lima wgle toledo wgte cincinnati public radio stations cincinnati wguc cincinnati wvxu oxford wmub other stations cleveland wcpn columbus wcbe dayton wdpr greenville wdpg middletown wnkn new boston wnke wilberforce wcsu yellow springs wyso youngstown wysu see also list of npr stations see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wosu am & oldid 728437156 categories ohio 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