Tag Archives: 90FM

Trivia 52: The Stacked Deck

UWSP’s radio station, 90FM, is hosting the world’s largest radio trivia contest Trivia 52: The Stacked Deck for the fifty second year, April 8-10.  For the first time in two years, the contest will return to its regular mode.  COVID-19 put the spring 2020 contest on hold, but returned in April 2021 with a COVID-19-friendly mode.  Rather than teams gathering ... Read More »

World’s Largest Trivia Contest Goes Digital

274 teams competed in the World’s Largest Trivia Contest Oct. 23-25 which ran exclusively in the online format, this year dubbed as the “Experiment in Trivia,” after being postponed in April due to COVID-19. Hosted by WWSP-90FM, one of the leading college radio stations in the country, the World’s Largest Trivia Contest attracted participants from all over the world to ... Read More »

90FM Music Column: feb. 20 – 27, 2020

90FM Top Ten Albums: feb. 20 – 27 10. Dubioza Kolektiv – “#fakenews” 9. The Wood Brothers – “Kingdom in My Mind” 8. Son Little – “aloha” 7. Dune Rats – “Hurry Up And Wait” 6. glass beach – “the first glass beach album” 5. Poliçia – “When We Stay Alive” 4. Soil and “Pimp” Sessions – “Man Steals the ... Read More »

90FM Music Column: feb. 6 – 13, 2020

90FM Top Ten Albums: feb. 6 – 13 10. Dubioza Kolektiv – “#fakenews” 9. FYOHNA – Radio Sampler 8. Squirrel Flower – “I Was Born Swimming” 7. Andy Shauf – “The Neon Skyline” 6. The Wood Brothers – “Kingdom in my Mind” 5. Martha Wash – “Love & Conflict” 4. Okay Kaya – “Watch This Liquid Pour Itself” 3. The ... Read More »

“Around the Corner with John McGivern” Puts Stevens Point in the Spotlight

Fans and viewers of Wisconsin PBS stations may already be familiar with “Around the Corner with John McGivern,” hosted by the titular Emmy-winning actor of Disney fame, as he explores and highlights Wisconsin communities and shares their stories. McGivern and his crew have been all over Wisconsin throughout the past six years, from Milwaukee to the nearby town of Wausau ... Read More »

90FM, The Spirit of Radio

The Radiothon, an on-air auction hosted by 90FM, is gearing up this semester with such prizes as a Packers lithograph football and gift certificates to places such as Great Northern Distillery and Rock n’ Roll Cafe. 90FM, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus radio station, will be auctioning off prizes every 15 minutes, which will be kept up for auction ... Read More »

Another Successful Year of Trivia

On April 21, 22 and 23 the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s college radio station, 90FM,  hosted another successful year of the world’s largest trivia contest, Trivia 48: The Royalty of Contests. The team named Festivus for the Rest of Us took first place for the second year in a row with 19,360 points. Dad’s Computers: PC control and Trivial Fursuit: Furple ... Read More »

90FM Trivia Founding Father Leaves Lasting Legacy

Wisconsin lost a prominent lieutenant colonel in the National Guard on Jan. 19. But what many don’t know is that Stevens Point lost a legacy that day as well. Stevens Point lost Tim Donovan, 65, founder of the community’s longstanding tradition, the 90FM Trivia Contest. Betty Donovan, who worked with Tim at 90FM, said, “Tim was the instrumental guy for ... Read More »

90FM Offers Alternative Opportunities

It’s a cold and stormy Monday night. You drive through Stevens Point with a broken heart and an empty wallet. What more could go wrong? You take a wrong turn, and in your frustration, bump the radio dial. You turn to 89.9FM. Jazz starts playing, not normal jazz, but weird jazz. Your hands are tapping. Your head is bobbing. Suddenly ... Read More »

Review: Babes ‘Five Tears’

Babes is a band of family members from Los Angeles, California who officially emerged on the scene in 2014. The band released its untitled debut EP on Oct. 30, and it has become known as “Five Tears” from the colorful teardrop designs on the otherwise white cover. The album could easily be marketed as a concept album on the premise ... Read More »