KGNU
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| City | Boulder, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver-Boulder-Longmont |
| Slogan | "Independent Community Radio" |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 22, 1978 |
| Format | Community Radio |
| ERP | 4,000 watts |
| HAAT | 65 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 6512 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°59′33″N 105°9′16″W / 39.99250°N 105.15444°WCoordinates: 39°59′33″N 105°9′16″W / 39.99250°N 105.15444°W |
| Affiliations |
Public Radio International Pacifica Radio BBC World Service |
| Owner | Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kgnu.org |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver-Lakewood-Littleton |
| Frequency | 1390 kHz |
| First air date | 1956 (as KFML) |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 139 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 31349 |
| Owner | Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc. |
KGNU (1390 AM) & KGNU-FM (88.5 FM) are a pair of community radio stations for Boulder and Denver, Colorado. KGNU is owned by Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
KGNU's programming follows a variety radio format, featuring a mix of music, news and information. Local shows are hosted by volunteers. The station also carries syndicated programs distributed by Public Radio International, Pacifica Radio and BBC World Service.
The station has four full-time staff members, five part-time staff members, and scores of volunteers who produce and host shows, and assist in the station's operations. As of 2008, KGNU had an operating budget of $675,000, two-thirds of which was raised through listener contributions.
KGNU is a member of the Grassroots Radio Coalition. The station helped found the coalition in 1996 out of its commitment to a community radio model based on volunteers, access to the airwaves and alternative programming.
The idea for starting KGNU stemmed from a class in 1973 at the Boulder Free School called "A Desperate (or Last Ditch) Attempt to Start a Radio Station". In 1975, several members of the class formed a community radio broadcast association as a nonprofit corporation and applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an educational broadcast license. KGNU went on the air at 88.5 FM with a 1300 watt transmitter on May 22, 1978.
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