KUOW-FM
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| City | Seattle, Washington |
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| Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
| Branding | KUOW 94.9 |
| Frequency | 94.9 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 94.9-2 FM-"KUOW2" 94.9-3-FM-World Radio Network 94.9-4 FM-BBC World Service |
| Translator(s) | KQOW 90.3 FM Bellingham KUOW 1340 AM Tumwater |
| First air date | 1952 |
| Format | Public radio |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 224 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 66571 |
| Callsign meaning | University Of Washington |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Owner |
University of Washington (operated by KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.KUOW.org |
KUOW-FM 94.9 is a National Public Radio member station in Seattle, Washington. It is one of 2 stations in the Seattle/Tacoma media market, and one of the highest-rated NPR stations in the country. It is a service of the University of Washington, but is operated by KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, a nonprofit community organization. Studios are located on University Way in Seattle's University District, while the transmitter is on Capitol Hill.
KUOW is also carried on the following satellite and broadcast translator stations to improve reception of the station:
KUOW's site states its mission as, "to create and serve an informed public, one challenged and invigorated by an understanding and appreciation of events, ideas, and cultures."
KUOW went on the air in 1952 on 90.5 FM. Its transmitter was on the University of Washington campus atop the Administration Building, now Gerberding Hall. In 1958, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt moved KING-FM to 98.1 and gifted KING's 94.9 FM transmitter and antenna to the Edison Vocational School. That same year, KUOW started using the 94.9 FM transmitter operated by Edison. KUOW is one of the few public radio (or any non-commercial educational) stations on a frequency outside of the reserved band. For years, it served as a training ground for UW students to learn about broadcasting. Programming consisted of classical music, classroom lectures, local news, and Washington Huskies sports.
In the 1960s, however, KUOW began branching out, adding more news programming. It was a charter member of NPR in 1970. In 1992, it changed format from music to news and information, and in 1999 it moved off campus to its current location on University Way. Also in 1999, UW outsourced the station's operation to Puget Sound Public Radio.
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