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KUOW-FM
Broadcast areaSeattle metropolitan area
Frequency94.9 MHz FM (HD Radio)
BrandingKUOW 94.9
Programming
FormatFM/HD1: News/Talk
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
OwnerUniversity of Washington
OperatorKUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
History
First air date
1952
Former frequencies
90.5 MHz (1952-1958)
Call sign meaning
University Of Washington
Technical information
Facility ID66571
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT224 meters (735 ft)
Translator(s)90.7 K214EW Bellingham (KUOW2)
107.3 K297BK Olympia (KUOW 1340)
Repeater(s)KQOW 90.3 FM Bellingham
KUOW 1340 AM Tumwater
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekuow.org

KUOW-FM (94.9 MHz) is a National Public Radio member station in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest of the three full-fledged NPR member stations in the Seattle and Tacoma media market, with two Tacoma-based stations, KNKX and KVTI being the others. 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:

History

KUOW lobby

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 in the United States broadcasting on a frequency outside of the reserved band (88–92 mhz; Seattle is also home to KING-FM on 98.1, which became a non-commercial station in 2010).[2] 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.[citation needed] From 1954 until 1987, KUOW was a sister station to educational television outlet (and now PBS member station) KCTS-TV (channel 9); the university spun off KCTS in 1987 and became a community licensee.

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.[3] Also in 1999, UW outsourced the station's operation to Puget Sound Public Radio.

In late March 2020, KUOW "made an editorial decision to stop airing White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic live on a daily basis."[4] A statement from the station asserted that the decision was not politically based, and their "greater concern was the potential impact of false information on the health and safety of our community."[4]

For several weeks in January and February 2022, a technical glitch with HD Radio caused the infotainment systems of Mazda vehicles made before 2014 and 2017 to only play KUOW's signal and flash repeatedly. Mazda blamed the issue on a missing file extension in KUOW's station logo; KUOW had ruled out a theory that the rollout of 5G networks had interfered with the existing 3G data received by infotainment systems.[5][6]

HD Programming

KUOW-FM broadcasts in HD.[7] On March 7, 2018, KUOW made the decision to discontinue the HD2, HD3, and HD4 subchannels. "KUOW2" continues to be transmitted on translator K214EW 90.7 and KQOW-HD2 in Bellingham, while KUOW Jazz was discontinued.[8] The main analog signal continues to be simulcast on HD1.

Audience

KUOW reported that the station served an average of 413,600 listeners each week in 2019, down from 447,100 in 2018.[9] The station also reported that their on-demand audio and podcasts received 2.9 million downloads total.[9]

Finances

For KUOW's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the station reported total revenue of $18,732,286 and total expenses of $18,339,864, for a net gain of $392,422.[10] Its sources of revenue were:[9]

Programs

KUOW 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 August 15, 2014.[11] 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.[12]

Podcasts

  • Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace
  • How to Be a Girl
  • How's Your Day?
  • KUOW Newsroom
  • KUOW Shorts
  • Primed
  • Radioactive
  • Seattle Now
  • Second Wave
  • SoundQs
  • Soundside: Hosted by Libby Denkman. This midday news magazine covers a mix of local, national and international news every weekday (Excluding Fridays).[13]
  • Speakers Forum
  • Terrestrial
  • The Record
  • The Wild With Chris Morgan
  • Week in Review: Hosted by Bill Radke. The Friday edition of The Record.[14]

Music programming

  • The Swing Years and Beyond: a program that ran from 1968 to 2017 featuring jazz, swing, and blues music from the early 20th century.[15]

KUOW alumni

  • Dave Beck: Host of Classical Afternoons with Dave Beck, on KING-FM
  • Luke Burbank: Host of Too Beautiful to Live,[16] Co-host of KIRO's "Ross and Burbank"[17]
  • Orlando de Guzman: Archipelago TV[18]
  • Cynthia Doyon: deceased[19]
  • Sam Eaton: Freelance environmental journalist[20]
  • Erin Hennessey: News Director KPLU and KNKX 88.5 FM[21]
  • Jill Jackson: News Director, KUOW [22]
  • Juris Jansons: General Manager KASB radio
  • Lesley McClurg: Producer and reporter, Colorado Matters. Colorado Public Broadcasting[23]
  • John Moe: Host of Marketplace Tech Report[24]
  • Bill Radke: Host of The Record and Week in Review[25]
  • Dana Davis Rehm:[26] NPR Senior Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
  • Robert Smith: NPR correspondent, National Desk, New York
  • Ken Vincent: Anchor and reporter at RR Broadcasting, Palm Springs.[27]
  • Andrew Walsh: Host, KIRO Radio[28]
  • Brie Ripley: Social Media Producer[29]

References

  1. ^ History Cards for KUOW-FM, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ FM Translators and Boosters fcc.gov July 6, 2017
  3. ^ "KUOW History". July 5, 2002. Archived from the original on July 5, 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. ^ a b KUOW Staff (March 25, 2020). "KUOW statement on live White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings". kuow.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Lacitis, Eric (February 8, 2022). "Thanks to a glitch, some Seattle Mazda drivers can't tune their radios away from KUOW". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  6. ^ Martin, Casey (February 8, 2022). "Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial". KUOW. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "HD Radio Guide for Seattle-Tacoma". Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  8. ^ "KUOW discontinues some of our HD channels". KUOW.org. KUOW-FM. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "KUOW's 2019 Annual Report". kuow.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "FINANCIALS" (PDF). kuow.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "Evergreen Radio Reading Service Ending". Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  12. ^ "How Do I Receive the Evergreen Radio Reading Service?". February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  13. ^ "Soundside".
  14. ^ "Week In Review - KUOW". Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  15. ^ "The end of an era: 'The Swing Years and Beyond' and Vinyl Café'". January 27, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  16. ^ "TBTL with Luke Burbank - TBTL with Luke Burbank". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  17. ^ "The Ross and Burbank Show on News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM - Ross and Burbank". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  18. ^ "Archipelago". Archipelago.tv. August 15, 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  19. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  20. ^ "Sam Eaton". LinkedI.comn. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  21. ^ "Erin Hennessey | KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest". Kplu.org. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  22. ^ "Jill Jackson of CBS News - Journalist on Muck Rack". Muckrack.com. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  23. ^ [2] Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ [3] Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ "Bill Radke of Seattle's Morning News - 97.3 KIRO FM". Mynorthwest.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  26. ^ [4] Archived July 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  27. ^ "Ken Vincent". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  28. ^ "KIRO Radio". KIRORadio.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  29. ^ "Brie Ripley". Brie Ripley. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

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