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1932 First simulcast of WHA and WLBL (May 2) 1933 Broadcast line connects WHA and WLBL for inauguration broadcast (January 2) WLBL programs debut on WHA (February 6) 1945 State Radio Council is formed 1946 FCC issues FM construction permit for WIUN-Madison (February 13) FCC issues FM construction permit for WIUV-Delafield (February 13) 1947 First FM station, WHA-FM, goes on the air: (March 30) Farm Program adds weather live from weather bureau (September) First full-time news director hired (September) First Wisconsin College of the Air course aired direct from the classroom (fall) 1948 WHA-FM changes frequency from 91.5 mHz to 88.7 mHz (May) WHAD-Delafield goes on the air (May 30) 1949 WHKW-Chilton goes on air (January 1) Dr. John Schindler gives “How to Live a Hundred Years Happily” broadcast (February 3) WHSF–Rib Mountain goes on the air (June 10) 1950 WHWC-Colfax goes on the air (June 28) WHLA–West Salem goes on the air (November 21) 1951 Wisconsin Good Neighbor Day chronicled on Homemakers’ Program (September 11) 1952 WHHI-Highland and WHSA-Brule go on the air (September 14) Weather Roundup debuts (December 1) Appendix C FM Network Time Line 339 1954 Last episode of Afield with Ranger Mac (May 25) 1955 Edgar Gordon retires from Journeys in Music Land (May 4) Budget cuts force suspension of Saturday broadcasting except for WHA (October 1) 1956 Experimental two-station “stereo” broadcasts (June) 1958 Last broadcast of high school basketball tournament (March 22) First regular jazz programs, hosted by Ken Ohst (May) WHA historical marker dedicated (November 24) 1960 Last college basketball game broadcast, Purdue at Wisconsin (March 5) 1963 WHA-FM begins stereo broadcasts (January 13) State stations use NBC feed from WIBA for coverage of Kennedy assassination (November 22) Metropolitan Opera broadcasts debut on state stations (December 7) 1964 WHAD-Delafield begins stereo broadcasts (January 19) 1965 WHMD-Marinette goes on the air (January 12) Aline Watson Hazard retires from Homemakers’ Program (July 1) FM network’s Saturday hours partially restored (September) 1966 First Wisconsin College of the Air course for credit airs (February 8) Homemakers’ Program renamed Accent on Living (May 1) All FM stations now broadcast in stereo (May) Fannie Steve retires from Rhythm and Games (May 13) SCA FM multiplex “second service” begins (summer) Last college football broadcast, Minnesota at Wisconsin (November 19) 1967 State Radio Council becomes the Educational Broadcasting Board of the Coordinating Council for Higher Education Colloquy begins, marking first regular use of listener call-in programming (November 4) 1968 United Press International audio service added (June?) Farm Program renamed Midday Report (September 2) First for-credit course airs from a Wisconsin State University campus (October 3) First use of listener call-in programming for broadcasts featuring political candidates (October 3) 1970 Last broadcast of Let’s Draw (May 5) Station break chimes eliminated (June 15) 1971 All Things Considered debuts, marking first live NPR program (May 3) 340 Appendix C Educational Broadcasting Board becomes the Educational Communications Board Proposal made to split WHA programming from FM network and WLBL (September) 1972 Radio operation moved to Vilas Communication Center from Radio Hall (October) Election night special carried statewide from WUWM-Milwaukee (November 7) First local broadcast from a state FM station, Programa Cultural en Español, on WHAD (December 8) 1973 WHMD-Suring abandoned (January 6) WHKW-Chilton moves to Green Bay and becomes WPNE-FM (January 6) 1974 Full Saturday service restored (January 1) WHWC-FM moves transmitter from Colfax to television tower at Wheeler (February 9) WHLA-FM moves transmitter from Holmen to television tower in La Crescent, Minnesota (February 9) Last broadcast of Let’s Sing (May 8) WHA-FM changes call letters to WERN (September 9) 1975 WHRM changes frequency from 91.9 to 90.9 (October) 1977 Wisconsin Issues Forum debuts, marking first regular call-in/interview public affairs program (June 5) 1978 Wisconsin Hear and Now replaces Midday Report and Accent on Living (January) First on-air pledge drive, WHA only (April 1–2) WYMS-Milwaukee begins airing some Wisconsin School of the Air programs (fall) 1979 WHA, WERN, and WHHI start using Wisconsin Public Radio name (January 1) Simply Folk debuts (January 6) First network pledge drive (September 27–October 1) NPR’s Morning Edition debuts (November 5) WPR begins satellite reception of NPR programs (December 13) 1980 First news bureau established in Milwaukee (January) WPR begins airing A Prairie Home...

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