KUMM

Infobox Radio station
name = KUMM


city = Morris, Minnesota
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branding = "The U90 Alternative"
frequency = 89.7 MHz
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format = Alternative
power =
erp = 225 watts
haat = 17.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 69219
coordinates = coord|45|35|20.00|N| 95|54|22.00|W|region:US_type:city
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owner = University of Minnesota Morris
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website = [http://www.kumm.org kumm.org]
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KUMM (89.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Alternative format. Licensed to Morris, Minnesota, USA. The station is currently owned by University of Minnesota Morris. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KUMM |title=KUMM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

The station is a member of Minnesota's Independent Public Radio network. Some disc jockeys do not pronounce the call sign on the air as it sounds like slang for sperm but many others don't mind and even enjoy declaring the call sign. Either way, the image of a sperm cell does appear in the station logo, and the station's student staff find many unique ways of alluding to the call sign, such as the yearly "HomeKUMMing" event. In past years, the station's t-shirt design included such ribald slogans as "The Only Station That Puts KUMM In Your Ear" and the more recent, and tamer, slogan is "KUMM: Sowing the Seeds of New Music Since 1972." You can listen to KUMM live on the internet at www.kumm.org

Students, faculty, and members of the Morris community comprise the DJ's at KUMM. Show format is left entirely up to the individual DJ's, but Top 40 songs from the last 10 years are not allowed in order to keep the station alternative.

ee also

*KUOM (Radio K) – University of Minnesota Twin Cities station
*KUMD – University of Minnesota Duluth station

References

External links

*FMQ|KUMM
*FML|KUMM
*FMARB|KUMM
* [http://www.kumm.org/?page_id=9 KUMM Spring Semester 2008 Schedule]