KAUG

KAUG (89.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by the Anchorage School District.[1] It airs a variety format.[2]

For the airport in Augusta, Maine assigned the ICAO code KAUG, see Augusta State Airport. For the radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, see Augsburg University.
KAUG
CityAnchorage, Alaska
Frequency89.9 MHz
First air date2007
FormatVariety
ERP4 watts
HAAT30 meters (98 feet)
ClassD
Facility ID165582
Transmitter coordinates61°24′33″N 149°25′15″W
Call sign meaningA reference to Augie Hiebert, who assisted in putting the station on the air
OwnerAnchorage School District

The station was assigned the KAUG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 7, 2007.[3]

References
  1. "Communications classroom named in honor of Augie Hiebert" (PDF). Partnership Press. Anchorage School District. Winter 2007–2008. p. 2. Mirror Lake Middle School has acknowledged broadcast pioneer Augie Hiebert's legacy by renaming its communications room "The Augie Hiebert Communications Studio." Mr. Hiebert was the school's mentor for its Video News program and helped launch the first radio station in the ASD. The station, with the call letters KAUG, is also the first FM radio station licensed to a middle school in the nation.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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