WFSI-FM 88.1 Lakeland – According to the 1950 yearbook issue of Broadcasting magazine, a construction permit was issued in 1949 for WFSI, a low-power educational FM licensed to Florida Southern College in Lakeland on 88.1 megacycles. College records credit FSC’s president, Dr. Ludd Spivey, for advancing the idea of the campus station.
WFSI operated with a Collins Model 738A-1 transmitter and a power of 10 watts from studios on campus in Edge Hall. An instructor at the college, G.C. Sields, Jr., managed the operation during part, if not all, of the years the station was on the air. Programming was limited to just a few hours a day Monday through Friday evenings and featured United Press News, symphonic music, opera, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and discussions of current issues.
Records from Vane A. Jones’ “North American Radio & TV Station Listings” indicate WFSI was operational at least through the summer of 1958, however, no other information could be found beyond that time.
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