KRAW was a non-commercial

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, area on 90.1 FM. KRAW signed on as KWMD on July 26, 2003, programming a non-commercial

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format. KRAW ceased continuous broadcast on August 2, 2004, pending FCC approval of technical changes between several

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(AERS) stations including a change in frequency. However, KRAW has periodically broadcast for short periods to maintain the license. On March 10, 2008, AERS filed with the FCC for alternative technical changes.Application Search Details
/ref> KRAW's license expired on May 18, 2013, due to the station having been dark for more than a year. The FCC deleted the KRAW call sign from their database on February 5, 2014.

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Query the FCC's FM station database for KRAW

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