KSUA
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| City | Fairbanks, Alaska |
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| Branding | KSUA 91.5 College |
| Slogan | The People's Radio (1990s - 2007); The Student's Radio (2007-present) |
| Frequency | 91.5 MHz |
| First air date | September 6, 1984 |
| Format | Educational |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | -5.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 20445 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 64°51′32.00″N 147°49′41.00″W / 64.8588889°N 147.8280556°W |
| Callsign meaning | Students of the University of Alaska |
| Former callsigns | KUWL (1985-1996) |
| Former frequencies | 103.9 MHz |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio |
| Owner | University of Alaska Board of Regents, on behalf of UA, Fairbanks |
| Webcast | low-bandwidth or high-bandwidth |
| Website | ksua.net |
KSUA (91.5 FM) is a College radio station broadcasting a Non-commercial educational format. Licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, (though most of their legal IDs continue to refer to College, Alaska, which their previous frequency was licensed to), the station serves the Alaska Interior area. The station is currently owned by the University of Alaska Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The station has won many state broadcasting awards and in spring 2012 was in the top 10 college stations competing for the MTV Woodie award.
KSUA-FM didn't go on the air until the mid-1980s, but the station's roots stretch back for two decades before that, to the first UAF radio station, KUAC-FM. KUAC, the Fairbanks North Star Borough's public radio station, went on the air October 1, 1962, operating out of the Constitution Hall studios KSUA now occupies. KUAC was the first non-commercial radio station in Alaska, and also the first FM station serving the Interior. They would blaze the trail for the other stations to come, although it would not be until 1981 before Fairbanks gained its second FM station. Eventually, KUAC moved their broadcasting facilities into their current home in the basement of the Great Hall.
KUAC was joined a decade later by KMPS-AM, the precursor to KSUA. It went on-air March 24, 1971. KMPS was established owned and operated by the student government of UAF. It was a "Progressive rock" campus radio station. KMPS used the unlicensed FCC Carrier current broadcast rules. The existing AC electoral wiring in the dorms and other campus buildings were used as a broadcast antenna. Only AM radios near the buildings could receive its signal.
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