KQUT-LP
{{short description|Radio station in St. George, Utah}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KQUT-LP
| logo = File:100.3 KDXI.jpg
| city = St. George, Utah | country = US
| area = St. George area
| branding = Radio St. George
| frequency = 100.3 MHz
| airdate = 2006
| format = Variety
| power =
| erp = 100 watts
| haat = -105 meters
| class = L1
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 124360
| coordinates = {{coord|37|7|45.00|N|113|35|46.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KTIM-LP (2003–2015)|KDXI-LP (2015–2022)}}
| former_frequencies = 101.9 MHz (2006–2012)
95.3 MHz (2012–2015)
| owner = Utah Local Radio
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website = {{URL|https://radiostgeorge.com/}}
| affiliations =
}}
KQUT-LP (100.3 FM) is a low-power FM radio station in St. George, Utah, United States. It is owned by Utah Local Radio and leased to Utah Tech University, which operates it as a companion to university-owned KUTU (91.3 FM).{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KQUT-LP |title=KQUT-LP Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
History
The station went on the air as KTIM-LP on September 26, 2006, owned and operated by Wastecon Environmental Inc., a non-profit 501c3 environmental education organization.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=124360&Callsign=KQUT |title=KQUT-LP Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
On March 28, 2011, it was reported to the FCC that the station had gone silent for reasons unknown.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=124360 FCC station info for KQUT-LP.]
The station changed its call sign to KDXI-LP on February 26, 2015. The station went silent at that time to move its transmitter to Webb Hill. However, there was related infighting and a schism on Wastecon's board, including the possible replacement of the board without its knowledge; the president of Wastecon noted that he planned to relocate the station to Dixie State University.{{cite news|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417123420/https://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/archive/2015/02/27/rsw-ktim-radio-goes-dark-amid-changes-principals-tangle/#.YHrWD8HP2DU|url=https://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/archive/2015/02/27/rsw-ktim-radio-goes-dark-amid-changes-principals-tangle/#.YHrWD8HP2DU|first=Ric|last=Wayman|work=Cedar City News|date=February 27, 2015|title=KTIM Radio goes dark amid changes, principals tangle|archive-date=April 17, 2021}}
Wastecon sold the station to Utah Local Radio effective August 30, 2016, for $2,500, the value of the station's equipment. In 2017, Utah Local Radio entered into a 10-year lease with Dixie State University, now Utah Tech University—owner of KUTU (91.3 FM)—to provide operating functions and allow for some student management; the format changed to a mix of classical and jazz music.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104823897/dsu-radio-fills-in-the-blanks-with-new-s/|date=January 11, 2017|page=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104823914/radio/ 2]|first=Beaux|last=Yenchik|title=DSU radio fills in the blanks with new station|newspaper=The Dixie Sun News|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 2, 2022}} The call sign changed to KQUT-LP on June 29, 2022, in advance of the renaming of Dixie State to Utah Tech on July 1.
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External links
{{St. George Radio}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2006
Category:2006 establishments in Utah
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