KBUT (90.3 FM), is a
National Public Radio
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-member station in
Crested Butte, Colorado
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. It features an eclectic mix of locally produced music shows (46 each week). The shows range from classical to jazz to rock to hip-hop. KBUT has been on air since December 1986 and has its studio in Crested Butte, with its main transmitter on Sunlight Ridge in Mt. Crested Butte and translators in Almont and Gunnison. It also streams its signal online and is available at www.kbut.org. In June 2010, the Sunlight Ridge transmitter began broadcasting in HD as well as analog. On April 15, 2012, KBUT-FM's parent, Crested Butte Mountain Educational Radio, Inc. was granted a
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
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construction permit
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to increase ERP to 1,000 watts and decrease
HAAT
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to -208 meters.
See also
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List of community radio stations in the United States
This is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States
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External links
KBUT official website
BUT
KBUT-FM
Community radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1974
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