KAMP-LP (92.9 FM) was a

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station

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to serve St. Michael, Alaska. The station was owned by Anthony A. Andrews School. It aired a high school radio format. The station was assigned the KAMP-LP call letters by the

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on October 4,

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. The license was cancelled by the FCC on April 20, 2009.

The "other" KAMP-LP

In 2005, after

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, the FCC granted a temporary license to a group in

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, for a low-power station to broadcast relief information for evacuees inside the

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and the nearby

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. The station, dubbed KAMP ("Dome City Radio"), was shut down by the

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(FEMA) over technical and security concerns. The KAMP callsign was unofficial, an acronym for Katrina Aftermath Media Project, as the official KAMP-LP callsign belongs to the Alaska

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. This was one of 20 temporary licenses for low-power emergency relief stations issued by the FCC in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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KAMP-LP service area per the FCC database
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