KAMU-FM

KAMU-FM
Slogan "The Quality Choice"
Frequency 90.9 MHz
Format Variety
ERP 32,000 watts (vert.)
2,400 watts (horiz.)
HAAT 104 m (341 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 65303
Transmitter coordinates 30°37′47″N 96°20′33″W / 30.62972°N 96.34250°W / 30.62972; -96.34250Coordinates: 30°37′47″N 96°20′33″W / 30.62972°N 96.34250°W / 30.62972; -96.34250
Affiliations NPR, PRI, APR
Owner Texas A&M University
Webcast Listen Live
Website KAMU-FM Online

KAMU-FM (90.9 FM) is a public radio station located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It is owned and operated by the university. It began broadcasting in 1977.

Don Simons was the first Station Manager for the National Public Radio-Affiliated KAMU-FM. In 1977, Simons hired Sunny Nash as the station's first Program Director. Nash had worked in news and public affairs at WTAW (AM) Country Radio while attending Texas A&M University, where in 1977, she became the first African American journalism graduate in the school's history. Simons also hired Texas A&M University graduate, Linda Lea, the station's first Traffic Director and creator of Poetry Southwest, hosted by Paul Christianson.


A frequent contributor to National Public Radio programs, Sunny Nash created the award-winning KAMU-FM classical music program, Collector's Choice, hosted by Dr. Gilbert Plass, still aired in syndication. Nash created and hosted KAMU-FM's nationally syndicated series Classical Music from Festival Hill. All performances were recorded live in Roundtop, Texas. The performance lists included Round Top Festival Institute founder and pianist, James Dick; cellist, Yo-Yo Ma; chamber musician and Yo-Yo Ma accompanist, Patricia Zander; pianist and conductor, Leon Fleisher; violinist, Young Uck Kim; and concertmaster, Isidor Saslav, among others. Program co-creator and co-host was Bob Rose; program engineer, Mike Andrews; project documentarian, Nobutomi Shimamoto.


The radio station shares the same facility as KAMU-TV, at the Moore Communications Center.

Moore Communications Center, where KAMU is broadcast

KAMU-FM programming includes 35 hours of local content each week. On March 30, 2007, it became the first HD Radio station in the Brazos Valley.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Butler, Jim (2007-03-29). "KAMU radio, turning 30, to start high-def broadcasting". The Bryan-College Station Eagle. Retrieved 2008-09-16.


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