KGNU

KGNU-FM

City	Boulder, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver-Boulder-Longmont
Slogan	"Independent Community Radio"
Frequency	88.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	May 22, 1978^[1]
Format	Community Radio
ERP	4,000 watts
HAAT	65 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	6512
Transmitter coordinates	39°59′33″N 105°9′16″W / 39.99250°N 105.15444°W / 39.99250; -105.15444Coordinates: 39°59′33″N 105°9′16″W / 39.99250°N 105.15444°W / 39.99250; -105.15444
Affiliations	Public Radio International Pacifica Radio BBC World Service
Owner	Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kgnu.org

KGNU
City	Denver, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver-Lakewood-Littleton
Frequency	1390 kHz
First air date	Jan. 1, 1954 (as KFML)
Power	5,000 watts (day) 139 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	31349
Owner	Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.

KGNU (1390 AM) & KGNU-FM (88.5 FM) are a pair of community radio stations for Boulder and Denver, Colorado. KGNU is owned by Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.^[2]

Programming and operations

KGNU's programming follows a variety radio format, featuring a mix of music, news and information. Local shows are hosted by volunteers. The station also carries syndicated programs distributed by Public Radio International, Pacifica Radio and BBC World Service.^[2]

The station has four full-time staff members, five part-time staff members, and scores of volunteers who produce and host shows, and assist in the station's operations. As of 2008, KGNU had an operating budget of $675,000, two-thirds of which was raised through listener contributions.^[3]

KGNU is a member of the Grassroots Radio Coalition.^[4] The station helped found the coalition in 1996 out of its commitment to a community radio model based on volunteers, access to the airwaves and alternative programming.^[5]

History

The idea for starting KGNU stemmed from a class in 1973 at the Boulder Free School called "A Desperate (or Last Ditch) Attempt to Start a Radio Station". In 1975, several members of the class formed a community radio broadcast association as a nonprofit corporation and applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an educational broadcast license. KGNU went on the air at 88.5 FM with a 1300 watt transmitter on May 22, 1978.^[1]

In 2004, the station raised $1.2 million to acquire a frequency in Denver, which at the time had eight radio stations owned by media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications, ten by religious broadcasters, but no community radio stations. On August 29, 2004, KGNU acquired an AM station at 1390 kHz originally founded in 1954 as KFML. In 2006, KGNU constructed a studio at its Denver home at 7th Avenue & Kalamath Street in a building shared with the Open Media Foundation, making access to the KGNU airwaves easier for volunteers in the Denver area. By the Summer of 2009, nearly 25% of KGNU's programming was originating from volunteer producers in the metro area through the Denver studio.^[2]^[6]

Facilities

In the summer of 2010, KGNU-FM was granted permission to increase its FM transmitter power to 4,000 watts ERP. KGNU operates at 5,000 watts by day but must reduce power to 139 watts at night to protect other radio stations on 1390 kHz. The AM transmitter is in Englewood, Colorado off South Wyandott Street. The FM transmitter is in Louisville, Colorado near the Louisville Reservoir, on a tower 213 feet (65 meters) HAAT.^[7] KGNU also operates a 28-watt FM translator K229AC at 93.7 MHz in Nederland, Colorado which simulcasts KGNU-FM.

References

1 2 McIntosh, David. "Our History". KGNU official website. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
1 2 3 "About Us". KGNU official website. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
↑ "Our Finances". KGNU official website. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
↑ "Member Stations". Grassroots Radio Coalition. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
↑ Durlin, Marty; Melio, Cathy (2003). McCauley, Michael P.; et al., eds. "The Grassroots Radio Movement in the United States". Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe): 252–264. ISBN 0-7656-0991-6. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
↑ "Boulder-Based Community Radio Station KGNU to Buy Denver Signal". Democracy Now! radio interview by host Amy Goodman with organizer Kris Abrams. August 26, 2004. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KGNU-FM

External links

Radio stations in the Denver–Boulder, Colorado market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 93.7♦ 94.1 94.7 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KXDP-LP/Spanish Sports)

By AM frequency	560 630 670 710 760 810 850 910 950 990 1060 1090 1150 1190 1220 1280 1340 1390 1430 1490 1510 1550 1600 1650 1690

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.500 162.550

Digital radio	560 670 710 760 810 910 950 990 1090 1220 1340 1390 1490 1600 1690 88.5-1 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.3-3 90.1-1 90.1-2 92.1-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 97.3-1 97.3-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 98.5-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 101.1-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

By callsign	K300CP K231BQ KALC KBCO KBJD KBNO KBPI KBUD♦ KCFC KCFR-FM KCKK KDCO KDMT KDSP KEC76 KEPN KEZW KFCO KFWA KGNU KHOW KIMN KJAC KJHM KJMN KKCL KKFN KKSE KLDC KLDV KLTT KLVZ KLZ KMXA KNRV KNUS KOA KOSI KPOF KPTT KQKS KQMT KRCN KRFX KRKS KRKS-FM KTCL KUVO KVCU KVOD KVOQ-FM KWOF KXKL KXPK KXGR KXWA KYGO-FM WNG550 WXJ45

Notes	♦=To Enter Denver as a move-in; Date TBD

Nearby radio markets Aspen Cheyenne Colorado Springs Ft. Collins–Greeley Pueblo See also List of radio stations in Colorado

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.