KGNU

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KGNU-FM
City of license	Boulder, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver area
Slogan	Community Radio
Frequency	88.5 MHz 1390 kHz AM
Format	Educational
ERP	1,300 watts
HAAT	66.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	6512
Transmitter Coordinates	39°59′32.00″N 105°9′10.00″W / 39.9922222, -105.1527778
Affiliations	Public Radio International
Owner	Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
Webcast	listen live
Website	kgnu.org

KGNU-FM (88.5 FM) is independent, noncommercial, community radio station broadcasting a Educational format. Licensed to Boulder, Colorado, USA, the station serves the Denver area. The station is currently owned by Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc. and features programing from Public Radio International.^[1]

Contents 1 Content 2 History 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Content

KGNU broadcasts a mix of music, news and information. 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. It 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 May 21, 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] References

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KGNU-FM
• Radio Locator information on KGNU-FM
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KGNU-FM

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