KUGS

KUGS
City of license Bellingham, Washington
Branding KUGS 89.3
Slogan "Providing the Waves"
Frequency 89.3 MHz
First air date January 29, 1974
Format Freeform
ERP 100 watts / 725 watts approved
HAAT 117 meters (384 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 72017
Owner Western Washington University
Website kugs.org

KUGS (89.3 FM) is a college radio station in Bellingham, Washington, USA. KUGS was founded on January 29, 1974 as a 10 watt radio station. In 1984 this was increased to the current 100 watts. KUGS remains an independent and fully student managed college radio station. In 1997 was the second station in the US to broadcast content online, which ended in 2002. In 2006 KUGS began webcasting again through its website. In 1999 the station applied to upgrade to a 700 watt station. The FCC issued a construction permit for a 725 watt transmitter[1] for the station in late 2006.

References

  1. ^ "FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA". http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/databases/cdbs. Federal Communications Comission. http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KUGS. Retrieved 13 December 2011. 

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