KGNU

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KGNU is an independent, noncommercial, community radio station for Boulder and Denver, Colorado, USA. It broadcasts at 88.5 MHz FM, 1390 kHz AM and it streams and podcasts its programming on its website, kgnu.org. KGNU broadcasts a diverse mix of music, news and information 24 hours a day. 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. KGNU 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.

[edit] 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 21st of May 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.

[edit] See also

• Community radio
• Alternative Radio

[edit] External links

• Official Station website

AM radio stations in the Denver-Boulder, Colorado Market (Arbitron #22) By Frequency: 560 | 630 | 670 | 710 | 760 | 800 | 850 | 910 | 950 | 990 | 1060 | 1090 | 1150 | 1190 | 1220 | 1280 | 1340 | 1390 | 1430 | 1490 | 1510 | 1550 | 1600 | 1650 | 1690 By Callsign: KADZ | KBJD | KBNO | KCFC | KCFR | KCKK | KDDZ | KEPN | KEZW | KHOW | KJME | KKFN | KKZN | KLDC | KLTT | KLVZ | KLZ | KMXA | KNRV | KNUS | KOA | KPOF | KRCN | KRKS | KVCU See also: Denver (FM) (AM) Colorado Radio Markets Colorado Springs (FM) (AM) · Denver-Boulder (FM) (AM) · Ft. Collins-Greeley · Grand Junction · Pueblo See also: List of radio stations in Colorado and List of United States radio markets