KNTU
Coordinates: 33°12′44″N 97°08′45″W / 33.2121°N 97.1457°W
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City | McKinney, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth/Denton/McKinney/Sherman |
Branding | 88.1 The One |
Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
First air date | October 31, 1969 |
Format | Jazz/College Radio |
Language(s) |
English (primary) Spanish (select programming) |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 135 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 69003 |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°17′24″N 97°08′10″W / 33.29000°N 97.13611°W |
Callsign meaning | North Texas State University |
Former frequencies | 88.5 MHz (1969-1979) |
Owner | University of North Texas |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kntu.com |
KNTU (88.1 FM) is the campus radio station of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The signal of the station covers much of the Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex of North Texas with a format of news and primarily jazz music. Any University of North Texas student is welcome to work at the station, but most of the staff consists of those majoring in Media Arts, Broadcasting, or Journal
KNTU also serves as the flagship station of the Mean Green Radio Network, a property of Learfield Communications, for football and basketball at the University of North Texas, called by Dave Barnett and Hank Dickinson.
Programming
In addition to its main format of jazz, KNTU presents several specialty programs:
- La Pura Onda: Tejano music (Sat. 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
- And Seldom Is Heard: classical musical from the old masters to contemporary (Sun. 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.)
- Musical Starstreams: exotic electronica (Sun. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and encore broadcast the following Sat. midnight to 2:00 a.m.)
- The Green Guys Show: talk show covering sports at the University of North Texas (Sun. 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
- The North Texas Jukebox: request show covering any and all genres (Sun. 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
- Infrequent Exposure: DFW Metroplex bands (Sat. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
- Denton ISD Game of the Week (Friday night broadcast of Denton ISD high school football)
Local features
- The Live Wire: A daily jazz concert calendar
- NT Notebook: Events and activities calendar focusing on the three University of North Texas campuses (Denton, Dallas, and Health Science Center at Fort Worth)
In addition, KNTU simulcasts WFAA's News 8 at Six on weekdays as well as local news from the Denton Record Chronicle and national news from Associated Press.