KUOI-FM (89.3
FM) is a
freeform,
college radio station in the
western
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at the
University of Idaho
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in
Moscow, Idaho. It broadcasts in Moscow, the neighboring city
Pullman, Washington, and in other townships on the
Palouse
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. KUOI is headquartered in the third floor of the
Student Union Building at Sixth and Deakin streets, on the northeast edge of campus.
The station began operating in 1945,
and began FM programming 23 years later in 1968, officially starting on Sunday, November 17.
Starting on the
AM dial in 1945 at 655 kHz with a two-
watt
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transmitter
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, it moved to 660 in 1947 at five watts; with the move to FM, it went to ten watts in 1968 at 89.3 MHz.
It boosted up to fifty watts and stereo in 1977,
and to 400 watts in January 1995.
See also
*KZUU
KZUU (90.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting in an educational format in the northwest United States, licensed to Pullman, Washington. Serving the Palouse region, the station is currently owned by Washington State University in Pullman.
Abou ...
– at Washington State University
Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant uni ...
in Pullman
References
External links
KUOI-FM official website
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University of Idaho
Mass media in Moscow, Idaho
Radio stations established in 1945
1945 establishments in Idaho
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