KBUU-LP

KBUU-LP is an FM radio station serving Malibu, Calif. at 99.1 FM and on the web at radiomalibu dot net. It transmits a modern rock format daytime and community disc jockeys play their choices of music evenings. It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a low-power FM radio station,[1] and it went on the air in January 2015.[2][3] The station calls itself 99.1 KBU and uses two slogans: "On The Air, On The Web, On The Beach" and [4]

Volunteer community programmers at KBUU-LP produce 40 hours of local music programs per week, including "Miles of Styles" Latin Jazz with Erin Laetz, "Bix Mix - jazz and way beyond with Bill Bixler, "Big Rocks with Caryn Weiss," engineered by Brandi Jackson, "Malibu Trails Americana," "The KBU Collective" with Elena Corral, "Off The Lip with Sandy Bottoms," Come Together With Brooke Halpin and the Beatles," "The Rock Show" with Laura Espinosa, "Just Another Dennis Sunday" and "The Menace's Attic" with Dennis Scheyer, and "Harvesting Happiness, straight talk from engaging guests with Lisa Cypers Kamen."[5]

KBUU-LP produces 70 minutes of local newscasts per weekday. Headlines are posted on several social websites including Twitter and Facebook , and posted at the Malibu Times website.[6] It carries Democracy Now! from Pacifica Radio weekdays. KBUU-LP carries "The California Report," a daily newscast from KQED-FM in San Francisco. It carries "The California Report Weekend Magazine", Pulse of the Planet, Le Show with Harry Shearer, and the weekly broadcast meeting of the Commonwealth Club of California. Additionally KBUU-LP carries the following syndicated programs : the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra weekly concert from Disney Hall, "The American Parlor Series" with JP Houston and Julie Van Dusen, and "eTown."[7]

KBUU-LP is licensed to Zuma Beach FM Emergency and Community Broadcasters, a committee of Malibu residents. Its station manager is Hans Laetz. Its programming originates at his house. KBUU-LP is one of the very few radio stations in the United States to be licensed to operate with its main studio in a private home (legal in the City of Malibu zoning code, see Malibu Municipal Code Sec. 19, B, Sec. ii [8][9] Its 20 volunteer hosts or program sources all feed their shows to the studio for broadcast.[10][11]

KBUU-LP transmits with 71 watts of effective radiated power on 99.1 MHz as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington D.C.

KBUU-LP was granted a construction permit on November 13, 2017, to improve its signal in the Malibu area. In December 2017, the station moved its transmission frequency to 99.1 MHz, increased its power from 55 to 71 watts, and re-oriented a directional antenna towards the Civic Center, instead of out to sea to the south. The station was issued a license to cover at 99.1 FM on December 20, 2017.

KBUU-LP was granted two construction permits on Aug. 26, 2018, to further improve its signal in the Malibu area, and the station expects to have the boosters transmitting in the spring of 2020.[12]. Station KBUU-LP-FM1 is licensed to Malibu Beach and is being constructed to increase signal coverage in eastern Malibu, the Civic Center and central Malibu areas. It will operate with an effective radiated power of 20 watts analog with directional antennas pointing east and west. KBUU-LP-FM2 is licensed to Zuma Beach and is being constructed to increase signal coverage west of Trancas Beach. Exhibits filed with the FCC show that the two boosters will increase city-grade coverage to nearly the entire length of Malibu, from Big Rock to County Line Beach. [13].

KBUU-LP is licensed to a committee of Malibu residents incorporated as a California non-for-profit public educational corporation known as Zuma Beach FM Community and Educational Broadcasters. It is found by the Internal Revenue Service to be a 501(c) organization, underwriting donations may be tax deductible under section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code (consult tax advisor). The station has a policy of affirmative action and equal opportunity. There are no paid employees.