KWAX

KWAX
City Eugene, Oregon
Broadcast area Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
Branding KWAX FM 91.1
Slogan Classical Oregon
Frequency 91.1 MHz
Translator(s) See below
First air date 1951
Format Classical
ERP 21,500 watts (horiz)
12,500 watts (vert)
HAAT 370 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 62413
Callsign meaning Pronounced "Quacks", referencing the Oregon Ducks,[1] and "wax", slang for a phonograph record
Owner University of Oregon
Website kwax.com

KWAX (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial classical music radio station in Eugene, Oregon, broadcasting to the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon area. The station is a listener supported service of the University of Oregon. Some programming is spoken word: Episodes of My Word! and My Music are broadcast Sunday afternoons.

Repeaters and Translators

KWAX is simulcast on the following stations and translators:

History

KWAX started out in the late 1950s as a student managed and operated FM station, with studios and transmitter on the top floor of Villard Hall. The initial transmitter was a whopping 10 watts, and hours of operation were somewhat irregular. In 1966, a local FM station gave the university their old 250 watt transmitter when they upgraded.

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins" 238. The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved June 21, 2009.

External links

KWAX in Eugene, Oregon
Inside the KWAX studio

Coordinates: 44°00′04″N 123°06′50″W / 44.001°N 123.114°W / 44.001; -123.114

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