KUOW-FM

KUOW-FM
City Seattle, Washington
Broadcast area Seattle metropolitan area
Branding KUOW 94.9
Frequency 94.9 MHz FM (also on HD Radio)
94.9-2 FM: "KUOW2"
94.9-3-FM and 94.9-4 FM: "KUOW Jazz"
Translator(s) 90.7 K214EW Bellingham (KUOW2)
107.3 K297BK Olympia (KUOW 1340)
Repeater(s) KQOW 90.3 FM Bellingham
KUOW 1340 AM Tumwater
First air date 1952[1]
Format FM/HD1 and HD2: News/Talk
HD3 and HD4: Jazz
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 224 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 66571
Callsign meaning University Of Washington
Affiliations NPR
Owner University of Washington
(operated by KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio under outsourcing agreement)
Webcast Listen Live
Website kuow.org

KUOW-FM 94.9 is a National Public Radio member station in Seattle, Washington. It is the larger of the two full-fledged NPR member stations in the Seattle/Tacoma media market, Tacoma-based KNKX is the other. It is a service of the University of Washington, but is operated by KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, a nonprofit community organization. Studios are located on University Way in Seattle's University District, while the transmitter is on Capitol Hill.

Translators

KUOW is also carried on the following satellite and broadcast translator stations to improve reception of the station:

About KUOW

KUOW's site states its mission as, "to create and serve an informed public, one challenged and invigorated by an understanding and appreciation of events, ideas, and cultures."[2]

KUOW went on the air in 1952 on 90.5 FM.[1] Its transmitter was on the University of Washington campus atop the Administration Building, now Gerberding Hall. In 1958, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt moved KING-FM to 98.1 and gifted KING's 94.9 FM transmitter and antenna to the Edison Vocational School. That same year, KUOW started using the 94.9 FM transmitter operated by Edison. KUOW is one of the few public radio (or any non-commercial educational) stations on a frequency outside of the reserved band (88-92 mhz)[3]. For years, it served as a training ground for UW students to learn about broadcasting. Programming consisted of classical music, classroom lectures, local news, and Washington Huskies sports.

In the 1960s, however, KUOW began branching out, adding more news programming. It was a charter member of NPR in 1970. In 1992, it changed format from music to news and information, and in 1999 it moved off campus to its current location on University Way.[4] Also in 1999, UW outsourced the station's operation to Puget Sound Public Radio.

The station operates two repeaters in the Puget Sound region in Bellingham on KQOW FM 90.3, in Olympia on KUOW AM 1340 (licensed to Tumwater), and on the Internet.

HD Programming

KUOW-FM broadcasts in HD.[5] Its signal is split between four channels. HD1 is a simulcast of the main KUOW signal. HD2 is home to "KUOW2," an expanded slate of NPR news programming which is simulcast on translator K214EW 90.7 FM in Bellingham. HD3 and HD4 are home to KUOW Jazz, a 24-hour jazz station that replaced simulcasts of World Radio Network on HD3 and BBC World Service on HD4. Both subchannels stream live on the Internet, as well as on KUOW's mobile apps.

Audience

KUOW's 2008 annual report states that the station served an average of 375,800 listeners each week in fiscal year 2008.[6] These listeners averaged eight and a quarter hours of listening per week to total more than 3 million weekly listener hours. In the same year, KUOW ranked second among all radio stations in the Seattle Metro market, with a 4.8% share of the market's radio audience.

Finances

KUOW's 2010 (fiscal year) direct support (money received) totaled $10,134,882.[7] Its sources were:

Programs

KUOW produces several programs, most of which are concerned with local news and events:

  • The Record: Hosted by Marcie Sillman and Ross Reynolds. This midday news magazine covers a mix of local, national and international news every weekday.
  • Speaker's Forum: Speaker's Forum airs speeches and presentations from a wide variety of specialties.
  • The Swing Years and Beyond: Hosted by Amanda Wilde, The Swing Years and Beyond airs American music from the 1920s through the 1950s.

KUOW also broadcast the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library's Evergreen Radio Reading Service to blind and handicapped listeners on its 67kHz subcarrier, until the service's closure on 2014 August 15.[8] KUOW was one of three major FM stations in Washington to do so; KPBX-FM in Spokane and KFAE-FM in Yakima were the others.[9] However, this required a special FM radio capable of receiving such broadcasts; it could not be received on a standard FM radio.

KUOW alumni

KUOW lobby
  • Dave Beck: Host of Classical Afternoons with Dave Beck, on KING FM
  • Luke Burbank: Host of Too Beautiful to Live,[10] Co-host of KIRO's "Ross and Burbank"[11]
  • Heather Dahl: Senior Manager/Global Analyst, Neustart Inc.[12]
  • Orlando de Guzman: Archipelago TV[13]
  • Cynthia Doyon: deceased[14]
  • Sam Eaton: Freelance environmental journalist[15]
  • Erin Hennessey: News Director KPLU[16]
  • Jill Jackson: Capitol Hill Producer, CBS News[17]
  • Juris Jansons: General Manager KASB radi
  • Lesley McClurg: Producer/reporter, Colorado Matters. Colorado Public Broadcasting[18]
  • John Moe: Host of Marketplace Tech Report[19]
  • Bill Radke: Co-host of KIRO's Seattle's Morning News[20]
  • Dana Davis Rehm:[21] NPR Senior Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
  • Robert Smith: NPR correspondent, National Desk, New York
  • Ken Vincent: Anchor/reporter at RR Broadcasting, Palm Springs.[22]
  • Andrew Walsh: Host, KIRO Radio[23]

References

  1. 1 2 History Cards for KUOW-FM, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ About KUOW
  3. ↑ https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/fm-translators-and-boosters)
  4. ↑ "KUOW History". Web.archive.org. 2002-07-05. Archived from the original on July 5, 2002. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-05-31. HD Radio Guide for Seattle-Tacoma
  6. ↑ Archived September 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Archived January 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Evergreen Radio Reading Service Ending". Wtbbl.org. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  9. ↑ "How Do I Receive the Evergreen Radio Reading Service?". Web.archive.org. 2012-02-20. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  10. ↑ "TBTL with Luke Burbank - TBTL with Luke Burbank". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  11. ↑ "The Ross and Burbank Show on News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM - Ross and Burbank". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  12. ↑ "Heather Dahl | National Press Foundation". ZoomInfo.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  13. ↑ "Archipelago". Archipelago.tv. 2011-08-15. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ "Sam Eaton". LinkedI.comn. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  16. ↑ "Erin Hennessey | KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest". Kplu.org. 2001-09-11. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  17. ↑ "Jill Jackson of CBS News - Journalist on Muck Rack". Muckrack.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  18. ↑ Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  20. ↑ "Bill Radke of Seattle's Morning News - 97.3 KIRO FM". Mynorthwest.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  21. ↑ Archived July 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ "Ken Vincent". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  23. ↑ "KIRO Radio". KIRORadio.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

Coordinates: 47°36′58″N 122°18′32″W / 47.616°N 122.309°W / 47.616; -122.309

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