KZUU (90.7
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting in an
educational
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format in the
northwest United States
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, licensed to
Pullman, Washington. Serving the
Palouse
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region, the station is currently owned by
Washington State University
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in Pullman.
About
KZUU is a non-commercial
college radio station dedicated to providing listeners with an alternative to commercial radio. They are dedicated to supporting independent and underground artists in a variety of genres. They attempt to represent the best in contemporary hip hop, metal, indie rock, electronica, and jazz.
[ CUB Community website]
History
KZUU began as a cable station, KAZU, in the spring of 1977 while the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) considered an application from the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU) for a ten-watt FM license. The construction permit was granted in the spring of 1979, and the tower erected on top of the Compton Union Building (CUB) in August. After testing, the station went on the air from the CUB's third floor at 8:26 a.m.
PDT on Thursday, September 20, the first day of registration for the fall 1979 semester.
See also
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KUOI
KUOI-FM (89.3 FM) is a freeform, college radio station in the western United States at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. It broadcasts in Moscow, the neighboring city Pullman, Washington, and in other townships on the Palouse. KUO ...
– at the
University of Idaho
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in nearby
Moscow
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KEXP
KEXP-FM (90.3 MHz) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Seattle, Washington, United States, specializing in alternative and indie rock programmed by its disc jockeys for the Seattle metropolitan area. The station is owned by the no ...
– formerly KCMU at the
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
in
Seattle
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References
External links
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''Washington State Magazine'' article on the station's 25th anniversary (PUB May 2005)
ZUU
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ZUU
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Pullman, Washington
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