KTEP

Infobox Radio station
name = KTEP


city = El Paso, Texas
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slogan = "National Public Radio"
frequency = 88.5 MHzHD Radio
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format = News Talk Information
power =
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 223.0 meters
class = C1
facility_id = 69342
coordinates = coord|31|47|17.00|N|106|28|46.00|W|region:US_type:city
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owner = University of Texas at El Paso
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webcast = [http://www.ktep.org/live.ram listen live]
website = [http://www.ktep.org ktep.org]
affiliations = American Public Media, National Public Radio, Public Radio International

KTEP (88.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a National Public Radio format from the Communication Department at the University of Texas at El Paso in the United States. Jazz music is broadcast from 1am to 5am.

The station went on the air in October 1946 as WTCM when the university was known as Texas College of Mines. In 1947 the callsign was changed to KVOF. In 1950, the station moved to KVOF-FM and a 10 watt FM transmitter extending its reach beyond campus borders for the first time. The station began broadcasting educational programming aimed at elementary school students as well. In 1967, the station moved to its current call letters of KTEP along with the university name change to The University of Texas at El Paso.

In 1971, the station became a charter member of National Public Radio and increased its broadcast day to 18 hours and to 24 hours in 1997. [ [http://www.ktep.org/history.sstg KTEP history] ]

Notable Alumni

*Sam Donaldson served as station manager in 1954 [ [http://www.ktep.org/history.sstg KTEP history] ]

References

External links

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* [http://www.ktep.org/ KTEP official website]