WNMU is Northern Michigan University's public broadcasting service in Marquette: WNMU-TV Public TV 13, the PBS member station for Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin since 1972, and WNMU-FM Public Radio 90, the NPR station for the Upper Great Lakes region.
WNMU is the public television and radio service of Northern Michigan University, licensed to the university's Board of Trustees and operating from studios in the Learning Resources Center on the NMU campus in Marquette, Michigan, with a transmitter in Ely Township southwest of Ishpeming. WNMU-TV, Public TV 13, has been on the air since December 1972 and is the PBS member station for the central and western Upper Peninsula and parts of northern Wisconsin, reaching more than 142,000 people over the air, on cable across the Upper Peninsula and on satellite in the Marquette market.
Alongside PBS programming, WNMU-TV produces local series including High School Bowl, Media Meet, the Ask the Doctors call-in series and Public Eye News, a student-run newscast, as well as specials about the Upper Peninsula. WNMU-FM 90.1, Public Radio 90, carries NPR news, classical, jazz and traditional music and locally produced programs, and states its mission as creating and delivering diverse, in-depth content that informs, entertains and enriches the Upper Great Lakes region and beyond. Both stations operate under the Public Media Code of Integrity.
WNMU is a small station with a staff of about eight. Positions are posted through Northern Michigan University's jobs portal and university human resources, and the station gives students hands-on experience in television and radio production and news.
