KGRG (AM)

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KGRG-AM is 500 watt, Enumclaw, Washington AM college radio station based out of Green River Community College. A class can be taken (Journalism 120) to teach the digital side of radio at GRCC, where students can become on-air DJs for the station as well as be involved in many aspects of the radio station. The station is called "KGRG1", which plays sister station 89.9 KGRG-FM's hits of the past. Prior to KGRG1, the station was a well respected dance music outlet, Pulse 1330.

[edit] KENU

Licensed in 1982, KENU was a country music station at 1330 AM run by a series of local owners in Enumclaw, Washington. In 1988, the station gained the call letters KQZQ for 23 days, before switching back to KENU. The station went off the air in 1996 due to financial distress and was put up for sale.

In 1996, the Green River Foundation of Auburn, Washington purchased the station, so that Green River Community College students would have internship possibilities at the country music station. Relatively few students wanted to participate in a country music station internship, so the general manager of the GRCC radio stations, Tom Krause, okayed the change to Dance Hits as KENU "NU Music, Pure Dance".

In 2004, KENU program director Karl Koning and music director Jess Flarity segued KENU to Pulse 1330, which focused mainly on Underground Electronica including Trance, House and DnB. It was one of the few radio stations in the U.S. to play electronic dance music (EDM), and was the only AM station in the US to do so at the time.

[edit] KGRG1

In September 2006, KENU flipped from its Electronica format to College Alternative Gold as "KGRG1" playing tracks that were formerally played on legendary sister station KGRG in the 80s and early 90's. Station management felt the EDM format had peaked in listenership and GRCC student involvement. KGRG1 launched the new format with The Ramones. The pairing of "The Alternative Past" 1330 AM KGRG1 and "Today's Rock" 89.9 FM KGRG. As of February 8, 2007 the long standing KENU call sign was changed to KGRG to match their sister FM station.