KGNU

Infobox Radio station
name = KGNU-FM


city = Boulder, Colorado
area =
branding =
slogan = "Community Radio"
airdate =
frequency = 88.5 MHz
1390 kHz AM
format = Educational
power =
erp = 1,300 watts
haat = 66.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 6512
coordinates = coord|39|59|32.00|N|105|9|10.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://kgnu.org/ht/listencomp.html listen live]
website = [http://www.kgnu.org kgnu.org]
affiliations = Public Radio International

KGNU-FM (88.5 FM) is independent, noncommercial, community radio station broadcasting a Educational format. Licensed to Boulder, Colorado, USA, the station serves the Denver area. The station is currently owned by Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc. and features programing from Public Radio International. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KGNU-FM |title=KGNU-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

Content

KGNU broadcasts a mix of music, news and information. KGNU has seven full-time staff-members, one half-time staff member, and more than 230 volunteers who program and administer the station, on-air and off-air. It broadcasts locally produced programming, as well as programs from Pacifica Radio and the BBC. KGNU is a founding member of the Grassroots Radio Coalition.

As of 2005, KGNU has about 10,000 paying listener members. The Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc., is the FCC licensee and is legally responsible for the station.

History

KGNU was created in 1975 by the students in a class at the Boulder Free School called "A Desperate Attempt to Start a Radio Station, Part II". KGNU went on the air at 88.5 FM with a 1300 W transmitter on the May 21, 1977.In the summer of 2004, KGNU acquired a second frequency, 1390 AM in Denver; the first time that a community radio station expanded into a major radio market by purchasing a station.

References

External links

*FMQ|KGNU-FM
*FML|KGNU
*FMARB|KGNU

Denver Radio