KANW (89.1 FM) is a

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in Albuquerque, New Mexico. KANW is owned and operated by the

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. On weekdays it airs

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and local public radio programming afternoons and nights, with

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news programming in the morning, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' 1A''. Weekends feature New Mexico music, classical music and

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, as well as some NPR weekend shows such as ''

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'', '' Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me'' and ''

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''. A second radio service known as KANW-HD2 carries all news and information programming. It is heard on KANW's digital subchannel as well as on three

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stations and KANM 90.3 FM in

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. KANW main channel programming is

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on KANR 91.9 in

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KGGA KGGA (88.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Gallup, New Mexico, United States. The station is owned by the Board of Education of the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke ...

88.1 in Gallup, KIDS 88.1 in

KEDP KEDP (91.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. The station is currently owned by the Board of Education of the City of Albuquerque. On February 6, 2021, KEDP began a collaboration with KANW in Albuquerque. ...

91.1 in

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, and

KXNM KXNM is a non-commercial community radio station licensed to Encino, New Mexico and serving mainly Torrance County and other communities in Central New Mexico known as the Estancia Valley. KXNM's studios are located in the town of McIntosh, New M ...

88.7 in Encino.

History

In October 1950, KANW first

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the air. It is the oldest FM radio station in New Mexico. It was founded to air classroom educational broadcasts for students in the

and as a training ground for students who might be interested in broadcasting careers. In late 2016, KANW acquired two stations from the Educational Media Foundation, a Christian radio network based in

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. These are KANM (formerly KDRI) 90.3 in Grants and KGGA 88.1 in Gallup, New Mexico. Both stations are former

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outlets, which had broadcast Contemporary Christian music. The acquisition gave KANW two stations in the Grants area. KIDS already had been serving as a

of KANW. So KANM airs the news and talk format heard on KANW-HD2. On February 6, 2021, KANW announced a collaboration with

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. KEDP has been operated by

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since 1967. On February 9, an FCC application was filed to transfer the license of KEDP to the Albuquerque Board of Education. On August 8, 2022, KXNM 88.7 Encino announced on their Facebook page that KANW would take over the operations of that station which served communities east of Albuquerque.
KXNM Facebook post

KANW HD2

KANW broadcasts a news, information and talk format on its HD Radio, HD2 digital subchannel. Programming comes from NPR, Public Radio International,

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and BBC World Service. This format is available in Grants on

station 91.1 K216AW and in Española on 91.1 K216GQ which upgraded its signal from 44 watts horizontal to 200 watts vertical in late summer 2015. On August 1, 2016, the format was made available in Albuquerque on translator 107.5 K298BY. In early 2017 the format was picked up on KDRI 90.3 in the Grants area which also continues to air on the 91.1 translator.

References

External links

KANW official website
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