KULT-LP

KULT-LP

City of license	Cedar Falls, Iowa
Broadcast area	University of Northern Iowa/Surrounding Area
Branding	The Kult
Slogan	"Everything UNI"
Frequency	94.5 MHz
First air date	2003-Present
Format	Alternative
ERP	100 watts
HAAT	28.7 meters (94 ft)
Class	L1
Facility ID	134585
Transmitter coordinates	42°30′50.00″N 92°27′30.00″W / 42.5138889°N 92.4583333°W / 42.5138889; -92.4583333Coordinates: 42°30′50.00″N 92°27′30.00″W / 42.5138889°N 92.4583333°W / 42.5138889; -92.4583333
Affiliations	University of Northern Iowa
Owner	Board of Control For Student Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	uni.edu/kult

KULT-LP (94.5 FM, "The Kult") is a college radio station broadcasting an Alternative rock radio format.^[1] Licensed to Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA, the station serves the University of Northern Iowa area. The station is currently owned by the Board of Control For Student Broadcasting.^[2]

History of Station

1955 - The student radio station started out on the 3rd floor in the Old Aud Building (now Lang Hall) at KYTC (Know Your Teachers College -- UNI was then Iowa State Teachers College). Content includes live dramas, concert music, and news.

1957 - KYTC was moved to a World War I barracks building annex that was located between Sabin Hall and the library.

1964 - KYTC moves to an old house south of Baker Hall that once served as the infirmary.

1969 - KTYC moves to the new Maucker Union, gets news audio equipment and operates as a carrier current station on campus.

1974 - Becomes KCRS (Campus Radio Service), 970 AM carier current. Known by 1978 as KC-97, the album station.

early 1990s - Now known as KGRK ("The Gerk"), and carried as audio on campus cable channel 5, in addition to carrier current.

1996 - Station gets a Web page. By this point, 80-100 students participate at the station as DJs, sports and news broadcasters each term.

1998 - KGRK begins Web streaming.

2001 - KGRK begins a low power (less than 1 watt) AM broadcast from antenna on top of Schindler Hall. The signal reaches only the campus area (per FCC requirements).

June 2001 -- Station faculty advisor Chris Martin (Associate Professor of Communication Studies) and the Board of Control for Student Broadcasting apply for one of the new 100-watt Low Power FM licenses offered by the FCC.

October 10, 2002 -- The FCC grants an 18-month construction permit for the station to get on the air. The station also secures the new call sign KULT-LP ("The Kult"), as selected from a list of available call signs by the station's student managers. Some available call signs that didn't make the cut: KONK (our runner-up), KWAN, KIPI, KIZI, KIKY, KLOP, KBAA, KIMU, KYRU.

February 2003 -- Northern Iowa Student Government approves a proposal from General Manager Lee Farquhar and Advisor Chris Martin for about $12,500 in special funds from the Northern Iowa Student Government.

October 17, 2003 -- With the major planning, design, and testing by broadcast engineer Walt Alliss, with additional work by Department of Communication Studies engineer Ken Paschke, ITS and the Physical Plant, and a group of students including new General Manager Kevin Hamilton, KULT-LP 94.5 FM goes on the air, months in advance of the construction permit expiration. KULT is the first LPFM on the air in Iowa, and serves as a community station for UNI students and the surrounding community. Its 100-watt signal contour carries from an antenna on top of Schindler Hall to cover Cedar Falls, north to Janesville, south to Hudson, east to Waterloo/Crossroads, and west to Dike.

2005 -- 50th anniversary! Still the one and only student radio station at UNI.

2009 -- KULT launches its new website and starts online streaming of the broadcasts.

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
↑ "KULT-LP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KULT

Radio-Locator information on KULT-LP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KULT

Radio stations in the Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 90.9 92.3 93.5 94.5 97.7 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 101.9 102.9 105.7 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	600 640 950 1040 1090 1250 1330 1470 1540 1650

By callsign	K259AV K297BS KBOL-LP KBBG KCFI KCNZ KCRR KCVM KFMW KHKE KKHQ-FM KNWS KNWS-FM KOEL KOEL-FM KOKZ KPTY KULT-LP KUNI KWAY KWAY-FM KWVI KXEL KZIA WHO WOI WMT

Defunct	KXGM 850 AM

Nearby radio markets Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Des Moines–Ames Dubuque Ft. Dodge La Crosse Mason City Rochester Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Iowa

Iowa college radio stations

Stations	KBVU-FM (Buena Vista University) KCUI (Central University of Iowa) KDIC (Grinnell College) KDPS (Grand View College) KDRA-LP (Drake University) KICB (Iowa Central Community College) KIGC (William Penn College) KMSC (Morningside College) KRNL-FM (Cornell College) KRUI-FM (University of Iowa) KSTM (Simpson College) KULT-LP (University of Northern Iowa) KURE (Iowa State University) KWAR (Wartburg College) KWLC (Luther College)

Defunct	KGVC-LP (Grand View College)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Iowa

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