WHA (AM)

WHA
	Madison, Wisconsin; United States;
Broadcast area	Madison metropolitan area
Frequency	970 kHz
Branding	Ideas Network
Programming
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	NPR; American Public Media;
Ownership
Owner	University of Wisconsin–Extension; (Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System);
Sister stations	WERN, WHAD, WHA-TV
History
First air date	January 13, 1922 (originally experimental 9XM 1915–1917 and 1920–1922)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6139
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts (day); 51 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	43°02′30″N 89°24′34.4″W / 43.04167°N 89.409556°W
Translators	100.3 W262DD (Janesville); 107.9 W300BM (Madison);
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wpr.org

WHA (970 AM) is a non-commercial radio station, licensed since 1922 to the University of Wisconsin and located in Madison, Wisconsin. It serves as the flagship for the Wisconsin Public Radio "WPR News Network". WHA's programming is also broadcast by FM station WERN in Madison. The station airs a schedule of news and talk programs from Wisconsin Public Radio, NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC.

The same call letters are used by WHA-TV in Madison, the flagship station for PBS Wisconsin.