KUFM (FM)

KUFM

City of license	Missoula, Montana
Branding	Montana Public Radio
Slogan	Makes Montana Sound As Good As It Looks
Frequency	89.1 (MHz)
First air date	1965
Format	Public radio
ERP	14,500 watts
HAAT	754 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	69239
Affiliations	Montana Public Radio National Public Radio American Public Media Public Radio International
Owner	University of Montana (University of Montana)
Website	www.mtpr.net

KUFM (89.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Missoula, Montana. The station is owned by the University of Montana, and serves as the flagship station of Montana Public Radio.

History

Montana Public Radio began in 1965 when KUFM in Missoula signed on as a 10-watt campus radio station. In 1974, it became a charter member of National Public Radio.

Starting in the late 1970s, it began building translators across western Montana. Its first full-power satellite, in Great Falls, signed on in 1984. In 1999, a signal extension project funded mostly by a federal grant made it possible to sign on new stations in Kalispell and Hamilton and upgrade translators in Butte and Helena to full-power stations.

Translators

KUFM also utilizes five translators.

External links

• mtpr.net
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KUFM
• Radio-Locator information on KUFM
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KUFM

Coordinates: 47°01′58″N 113°59′32″W / 47.0327°N 113.9923°W / 47.0327; -113.9923