WBSD (89.1 FM) is a high school radio station licensed to serve Burlington, Wisconsin, US. The station is owned by the Burlington Area School District and operated by the staff and students of Burlington High School. The station's studios are on the current Burlington High School campus but the transmitter site used to be at Karcher Middle School which was housed in the former Burlington High School building. Karcher School was torn down and the tower was moved to McCanna Parkway and placed on the roof of the current high school in the summer of 2021. The current General Manager, Promise Bruce, began managing the station in September 2025, becoming the fourth General Manager in the station's history after Thomas Gilding, Arlo Ketchpaw, and the station's founder, Wisconsin Broadcasters' Association Hall of Fame Member, Terry Havel.

Programming

WBSD broadcasts a community-oriented adult album alternative (aka "Triple A") music format. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In 2008, shortly after stepping down as general manager of WBSD, Havel was recognized with induction into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame for his work at WBSD and across Wisconsin.

More than four dozen WBSD alumni have gone on to careers in commercial broadcasting, including disc jockeys in Milwaukee and across the country, station management, and Kelly Kahl who is the Senior Executive Vice President of Programming Operations for CBS Television.

See also

  • List of community radio stations in the United States

References

  • 89 WBSD Online