KMST (FM)

St. Louis Public Radio

Repeater(s) K242AN 96.3 (MHz) Lebanon, Missouri
Format Public radio
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 146 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 69041
Callsign meaning K Missouri University of
Science and
Technology
Former callsigns KMSM (1964-1974)
KUMR (1974-2007)
Affiliations National Public Radio
Owner University of Missouri–St. Louis
(The Curators of the University of Missouri)
Sister stations KWMU
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.kmst.org

KMST is a radio station licensed to Rolla, Missouri, and operated by the University of Missouri at St. Louis as an extension of St. Louis Public Radio. The station broadcasts at 88.5 MHz FM with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, making them the largest public radio station in south-central Missouri. KMST is also heard in Lebanon, Missouri via translator K242AN on 96.3 MHz FM.

On Saturday nights, they air Wayne Bledsoe's critically acclaimed "Bluegrass for a Saturday Night" from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM central time. On Sunday mornings, Bledsoe also hosts "Sunday Morning Sounds", on which he plays bluegrass gospel from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM central time.

Historically, the station's programming has consisted of several genres of music such as classical and jazz as well as several popular National Public Radio programs such as All Things Considered, A Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk, and Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? show. The station originated a weekly science talk show, titled We're Science, which was syndicated nationwide for several years in the mid-1990s.

The station originally broadcast under the call letters KUMR, from the abbreviation of the station's home, the University of Missouri-Rolla, through 2006. On January 1, 2008, the University of Missouri-Rolla changed its name to Missouri University of Science and Technology. As a result, the station's original call sign, KUMR, was changed to KMST on July 16, 2007, as a reflection of the university's forthcoming name change.

Until 2017, KMST broadcast from studios in the basement of the Curtis Laws Wilson library on the UMR/MS&T campus. Effective July 1, 2017, the station (including its Lebanon translator) became part of the St. Louis Public Radio network, airing the same broadcast as the St. Louis frequency[1]. The only local programming retained during the changeover was Wayne Bledsoe's bluegrass, a local staple for many decades[2]. The reason cited for the change was an extensive cut to the station's budget which made it insufficient to sustain the station's former full-time operation.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KMST 88.5". stlpublicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  2. ↑ "Bluegrass for a Saturday Night". Retrieved 2017-08-01.

Coordinates: 37°47′56″N 91°43′29″W / 37.7989°N 91.7246°W / 37.7989; -91.7246

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