KNHC
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| City | Seattle, Washington |
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| Broadcast area | Seattle, Washington and surrounding area |
| Branding | C89.5 |
| Slogan | Seattle's Home for Dance |
| Frequency | 89.5 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | December 1969 |
| Format | Dance Top 40 |
| ERP | 8,500 watts |
| HAAT | 372 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 59526 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°32′35″N 122°6′25″W / 47.54306°N 122.10694°WCoordinates: 47°32′35″N 122°6′25″W / 47.54306°N 122.10694°W |
| Callsign meaning | Nathan Hale Communications (no relation to National Hurricane Center) |
| Former frequencies | 1210 KHz (1969-1971) |
| Owner | Seattle Public Schools |
| Webcast |
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| Website | C89.5.org |
KNHC (C-89.5) is a Class C1 Non-Commercial FM high school radio station based in Seattle, Washington, primarily broadcasting dance, electronic, and contemporary hit music. It is one of six stations monitored by Nielsen BDS for inclusion in Billboard magazine's weekly Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. Its best coverage is in the Seattle metro area.
The C in C-89.5 stands for Communications.
KNHC broadcasts in the HD Radio format.
KNHC is owned by Seattle Public Schools and is operated by professional staff who provide practical training to students of Nathan Hale High School in north Seattle, as part of an advanced electronic media course. Staff supervise students as they perform production, programming, music selection, copy writing, and on-air hosting. Some regular programs are hosted by alumni or non-student volunteers.
The station usually plays electronic dance music during the day, with a number of specialty shows playing anything from house to industrial in the evenings.
Since around 2002, Seattle Public Schools has excluded funding for the station from its annual budget, except for a portion of the salaries and benefits for two staff. In 2017, that amounted to about 12% of the annual operating budget.
In 2015, the station became qualified to receive a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The remaining operational budget of the station is raised via fund raising efforts, primarily from bi-annual pledge drives and corporate support announcements known as underwriting. As a non-commercial educational station, they cannot air traditional commercial advertisements.
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