KEOL

Infobox Radio station
name = KEOL


city = La Grande, Oregon
area =
branding =
slogan =
frequency = 91.7 MHz
repeater =
airdate = 1973
share =
share as of =
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format = "free form"
power =
erp = 310 watts
haat = -228 meters
class = A
facility_id = 54806
coordinates = coord|45|19|16|N|118|05|26|W|region:US|display=inline
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KEOC
affiliations =
owner = Oregon State Board of Higher Education for Eastern Oregon University
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www3.eou.edu/keol/stream.html www3.eou.edu/keol/stream.html Listen Live]
website = [http://www3.eou.edu/keol/ www3.eou.edu/keol]

KEOL (91.7 FM) is the radio station at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon. KEOL currently operates at one hundred watts at 91.7 MHz.

History

KEOL-FM was originally KEOC-FM when it first went on the air in September, 1973, and operated at a frequency of 91.1 MHz at ten watts, using a Gates tube-fired transmitter.

The original idea of KEOL-FM came about when two employees of then Eastern Oregon State College saw the opportunity to file with the Federal Communications Commission a petition to launch a radio station that would play classical and jazz music; genres not offered by other receivable radio stations in the area at the time. This first interdepartmental typewritten letter was dated February, 1967 and is placed in KEOL's public files. The station originally was in a room deep within Hoke College Center, then moved to the second floor of the Pierce Library in 1976, and from there to a two-storey bungalow located to the north of the Pierce Library complex where the station is housed today.

Operations

The radio station is operated by the students and faculty of Eastern Oregon University, along with volunteers and alma mater acting as community laisons and advisers, and is funded by support mainly from student incidental fees with additional support from fund raisers and underwriting. There is a faculty adviser, station manager (honorarium), program director (honorarium) and music director, and occasional news directors, assistant music directors, and sponsorship coordinators along with work study students who contribute to KEOL's operations. [cite web |url=http://www.eou.edu/saffairs/handbook/keol.html |title=Student Handbook - Eastern Oregon University |accessdate=2008-03-15]

KEOL boasts a large record and compact disc collection; state-of-the-art studio, transmitting and production facilities; and is on the air continuously with also a streaming Internet audio link from their website.

References

External links

* [http://www3.eou.edu/keol/ KEOL-FM website]
*FMQ|KEOL
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