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KAMU-FM
Kamu logo.png
Slogan"The Quality Choice"
Frequency90.9 MHz
FormatVariety
ERP32,000 watts (vert.)
2,400 watts (horiz.)
HAAT104 m (341 ft)
ClassC2
Facility ID65303
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
OwnerTexas A&M University
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteKAMU-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 with a primary function of a teaching the art of broadcast to Texas A&M students, local high school students and others with interests in entering careers in the radio industry. Potential careers included broadcast news, radio announcing, production, audio engineering, sound, electronics, scriptwriting, audio documentary production, programming, promotion and marketing, syndication, and weather forecasting.


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, whose duties included teaching radio skills to student personnel and others with interests in radio, and coordinating volunteers and other contributors. 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.


First KAMU-FM Staff 1977:
Don Simons, Station Manager -
Sunny Nash, Program Director and Meteorologist -
Linda Lea, Traffic Director -
Mike Andrews, Engineer -
Dana Steele, Student Announcer -
Bob French, Student Announcer -
Bob Rose, Student Announcer and Meteorologist -
Gary Messer, Student Announcer -
John Copeland, Student Announcer -
Paul Rios, High School Radio Intern -


Linda Lea created and produced Poetry Southwest, hosted by Paul Christianson, which featured local and regional poets and artists from around the state. A
frequent contributor to National Public Radio programs, Sunny Nash created and produced the award-winning KAMU-FM classical music program, Collector's Choice, hosted by Dr. Gilbert Plass, still airing currently in syndication. Nash and Bob Rose created and co-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. KAMU-FM festival staff included: series co-creators and co-hosts Sunny Nash and Bob Rose; series engineer, Mike Andrews; and 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


  • List of radio stations in Texas


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..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




External links


  • KAMU-FM official website



  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KAMU

  • Radio-Locator information on KAMU

  • Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KAMU











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