page_title: WQSU
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: WQSU / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture collage of WQSU events, alumni, and history hung in the hall of the WQSU station.
context_page_description: WQSU is a non-commercial college FM radio station licensed to serve Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The station is owned and operated by Susquehanna University and is staffed by students and faculty of the university as well as community volunteers. The station is run under the supervision of the university's Department of Communications, having been developed as an educational facility. At 10,500 watts, WQSU is the most powerful student-run college FM radio station in Pennsylvania, and as such it serves approximately one-third of the state with a variety of music, news, information, public affairs and sports programming 365 days a year. Its broadcast tower is located east of Lewisburg at.
  The operation of WQSU-FM serves two separate and distinct purposes. The first is to serve the public interest as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, and the second is to serve Susquehanna University in its educational mission by training students in various forms of broadcasting principles and operations, serving as a media outlet for Susquehanna University.
context_section_description: In 1961, WQSU began as a club named "The Radio Association" pioneered by Ken Selinger.
  In 1967, Triangle Publications of Philadelphia executive Clyde Spitzer helps the Radio Association progress by donating equipment.
  On May 14, 1967, WQSU was assigned their call letters by the Federal Communications Commission and aired for the first time at 91.5 MHz FM with a 10-watt transmitter.
  On March 20, 1975, WQSU increased its broadcast power from 10 watts to 5600 watts and changed frequencies from 91.5 MHz to its current frequency of 88.9 MHz.
  On February 1, 1980, WQSU began broadcasting in stereo.
  In January 1983, WQSU increased its broadcast power from 5600 watts to 12,000 watts.
  On March 15, 1985, WQSU moved from its original home at 530 University Avenue to the Degenstein Campus Center at Susquehanna University.
  On November 22, 2013 at 10 AM, WQSU began broadcasting in HD. WQSU was the 76th radio station in Pennsylvania to begin broadcasting in HD, and the 5th college radio station in Pennsylvania to begin broadcasting in HD.
  In 2016, WQSU station's general manager since 1967, Larry Augustine, retired his position to Dawn Marie Benfer.
  On March 27, 2017, the FCC granted Susquehanna University a construction permit to reduce the station's ERP from 12,000 watts to 10,500 watts. The FCC granted the station a new license with the reduced ERP on March 18, 2019.
  On October 30, 2017, WQSU celebrated its 50 years of being on air.
caption: A collage of WQSU events, alumni and history hung in the hall of the WQSU station.
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