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{{short description|Radio station at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = New WSIE logo.jpg
| format           = [[Jazz]], [[Blues]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| class            = B
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = [[Southern Illinois University Edwardsville]]
| licensee         = Board of Trustees,<br>[[Southern Illinois University]]
| name             = WSIE
| city             = [[Edwardsville, Illinois]]
| area             = [[Greater St. Louis]]
| branding         =
| airdate          =
| frequency        = {{frequency|88.7|MHz}}
| erp              = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|152|m|ft|sp=us}}
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' (east of the Mississippi)<br>'''S'''outhern<br> '''I'''llinois<br> '''E'''dwardsville
| webcast          = [http://www.siue.edu/wsie/index.shtml 88.7 WSIE FM ]
| website          = [http://www.siue.edu/wsie/index.shtml 88.7 WSIE FM ]
| affiliations     =
| coordinates      =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WSIE''' is a [[public radio]] station in [[Edwardsville, Illinois]].  Owned by [[Southern Illinois University Edwardsville]], it is the primary [[jazz]] station for the [[Greater St. Louis]] area.  Rebranding as "The Sound" in August 2016, WSIE broadcasts jazz, smooth jazz, blues, and R&B,<ref name="BND">{{cite web |url=http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article94238677.html |title=Local TV personality is back at WSIE. Can he save jazz radio? |publisher=Belleville News-Democrat |date=7 August 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref> and is the anchor station for SIUE Sports' Cougar Network.<ref name="WSIE">{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/wsie/ |title=WSIE Radio FM 88.7 |publisher=SIUE |access-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref>
Licensed by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] in January 1969,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/archives/timeline.shtml#seventy|title=SIUE Archives - SIUE 50th Anniversary Historical Timeline|publisher=SIUE |access-date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref> WSIE operates with 50,000 watts of effective radiated power (ERP) at 88.7 megahertz in the [[Frequency modulation|FM]] band.<ref name="loc">{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-locator.com/info/WSIE-FM|title=WSIE-FM 88.7 MHz|publisher=Theodric Technologies LLC|access-date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref>
A long time member of [[National Public Radio]], they do not broadcast NPR anymore; WSIE's music programming is locally produced.<ref name="WSIE"/> The station's studios are in Dunham Hall,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/maps/tour/dunham_hall.shtml |title=Katherine Dunham Hall |publisher=SIUE |access-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref> and the transmitter and {{convert|420|ft|m}}<ref name="loc"/> tower are located near the Supporting Services Building on the SIUE campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siue.edu/MATH/conference2002/info-pack/SIUE_map_large.pdf |title=SIUE Campus Map |publisher=SIUE |access-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref>
WSIE is used as a training ground for students of the SIUE Mass Communications Department. Among broadcasters who received training at WSIE are [[Frank O Pinion]] (John Craddock); Megan Lynch, Ralph Graczak and Tom Calhoun of [[KMOX]]; [[Dewayne Staats]] (currently the play-by-play commentator with [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]'s [[Tampa Bay Rays]] on [[Sun Sports]]); Paul Schankmann; Elizabeth Erwin; Steve Jankowski (previous General Manager); Sara Wojcicki; Frank Akers; Tom Dehner; and Tom Casey. The current General Manager is Jason Church.
WSIE also streams its programming on the internet. A separately programmed web-radio operation was previously run by WSIE, but it is now operated independently, although it remains a University activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/WEBRADIO/about.shtml |title=SIUE Web Radio - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |access-date=February 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527012214/http://www.siue.edu/WEBRADIO/about.shtml |archive-date=May 27, 2013 }}</ref>
In 2016, WSIE faced the potential loss of its state appropriation due to the Illinois state budget crisis. The SIUE administration ordered WSIE to become self-sustaining by 2017, necessitating fundraising. The station receives tax-deductible donations on its website. Its budget is made up of underwriting (similar to advertising) and donations.<ref name="BND"/> Today, the station receives no state funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/wsie/donations.shtml |title=Donations |access-date=August 7, 2018 |publisher=Southern Illinois University Edwardsville}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of jazz radio stations in the United States]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.siue.edu/wsie/ WSIE official website]
*[http://www.siue.edu SIUE official website]
*[http://www.siue.edu/maps/map_campus.pdf Campus map]
*[http://www.siue.edu/WEBRADIO/index.shtml SIUE Web Radio]
*{{FM station data|6128|WSIE}}
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