KXUA
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| City | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| Broadcast area | University of Arkansas campus and surrounding community |
| Slogan | All the songs you love, just haven't heard yet |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz |
| Format | Eclectic |
| ERP | 470 watts |
| HAAT | 80.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 86662 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°3′56.00″N 94°10′30.00″W / 36.0655556°N 94.1750000°W |
| Former callsigns | KRZR |
| Owner | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas |
| Website | Official website |
KXUA (88.3 FM) is a student-run college radio station broadcasting an eclectic format. Licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, US, it serves the NWA region.
Decades ago, the University of Arkansas had a student radio station known as KUAF, broadcasting at 91.3FM. However, in 1986 KUAF changed their format to National Public Radio, gaining a wide following but at a loss of student input. After three years of listening to talk radio, a group of students decided to form a new student radio station, named KRFA, which would be based on the college radio format. The "broadcasting" was done via cable and carrier current, rather than FM or AM, which was available to on-campus facilities only. In the spring of 1994 KRFA disbanded.
In the fall of 1994, KRZR was formed as student organization at the University of Arkansas with the goal of creating an FM station to serve the University and the Northwest Arkansas region. A consulting engineer was hired to do a frequency check and complete the technical portion for a 500 watt station at 90.1FM.
In the Spring of 1996, a communications lawyer was hired to complete the non-technical portion of the FCC application for 90.1FM and it was filed with the FCC. The American Family Association (AFA), a Christian radio organization, also filed for 90.1FM. Subsequently, KRZR filed for 88.3FM; so did the AFA. After several months, the AFA and the University of Arkansas came to a settlement and the student radio station was given 88.3FM
KXUA's format is totally non commercial. KXUA, in principle, does not play any music that has appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in the last 50 years, however, for functional reasons the rule typically forbids the top 40 from the past 40 years. Eclectic music, mainly the newest arrivals, plays all day long and genre-specific shows air evenings and weekends including some talk shows, spoken word shows, and old time radio broadcasts. Freeform shows, meaning anything and everything, air mainly after midnight. They also sponsor local events, and strive to have frequent in studio performances from local and traveling musicians. Most genre shows are recorded and made available through the KXUA website and individual DJs websites and on iTunes for free.
All DJs are directly affiliated with the University, either as students or employees, and are volunteers. The executive board controls the station and is made up entirely of students that and are elected each year. They are the only paid members of the station.
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