KUSW
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KUSW
| logo =
| city = Flora Vista, New Mexico
| area = Four Corners
| branding =
| frequency = 88.1 MHz
| repeater =
| airdate = 2008
| format = Adult Album Alternative
| erp = 4,100 watts (vertical)
| haat = 202 meters (663 feet)
| class = C3
| facility_id = 124178
| coordinates = {{coord|36|40|16|N|108|13|54|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KUUT (2006–2007)
| owner = KUTE, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations = KSUT
| webcast = [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksut/ppr/ksut.pls Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.ksut.org/ ksut.org]
| affiliations = National Public Radio, AIROS
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KUSW (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Flora Vista, New Mexico, United States. KUSW is owned by KUTE, Inc., and serves the Four Corners area.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KUSW |title=KUSW Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
This public radio station broadcasts an adult album alternative music format as part of the Four Corners Public Radio and Southern Ute Tribal Radio networks. As such, a portion of its programming is a simulcast of sister station KSUT in Ignacio, Colorado.{{cite news |work=The Durango Herald |title=30 years after its arrival, KSUT has 'Four Cornered' the market |date=June 9, 2006 |first=Chuck |last=Slothower}} KUSW is a member station of both National Public Radio and the AIROS Native Radio Network.
Due to its location at the bottom of the FM band (88.1 MHz) and transmitter's close proximity (72 km) to the other station, this station causes a small but legally permissible amount of interference with the analog channel 6 signal (87.75 MHz) of KREZ-TV, a television station licensed to Durango, Colorado. To minimize the interference, KUSW broadcasts with only a vertical polarization.
History
After a nearly five-year application process, this station was granted its original construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission on February 3, 2005.{{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Results (BNPED-20000512AAK) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=500567 |date=February 3, 2005}} In April 2006, permit holders Native American Christian Voice reached an agreement to transfer the permit to KUTE, Inc.{{cite web |title=Application Search Results (BAPED-20060411ABF) |work=FCC Media Bureau |date=June 7, 2006 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1131635}} The transfer was approved by the FCC on May 31, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on June 7, 2006.{{cite news |work=The Durango Herald |title=KSUT plans to expand service |date=January 15, 2008}}
The new station was assigned the call letters KUUT on June 21, 2006.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=124178&Callsign=KUSW |title=KUSW Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} On March 22, 2007, the station changed its call sign to the current KUSW. KUSW received its license to cover on February 8, 2008.{{cite web |title=Application Search Results (BLED-20080204AAE) |work=FCC Media Bureau |date=February 8, 2008 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1231653}}
The KUSW call sign was formerly used by a commercial shortwave radio station in Murray, Utah, which at one point was under the same ownership as KRSP-FM and the former KKDS (later known as KWDZ, now defunct).{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F36A68C60D54008&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=L.A. firm buys 'superpower' KUSW for $2 million |date=December 8, 1990 |work=The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)|accessdate=2008-11-12}}{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F35FD35F449465C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title= KUSW - Utah's own commercial shortwave |date=March 16, 1990 |work=The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) |accessdate=2008-11-12}}
In August 2006, the station, then still under construction, received an $85,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the purchase of equipment needed to make the transition from analog to digital transmission.{{cite news |work=New Mexico Business Weekly |title=New Mexico public radio stations get dough to go digital |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2006/08/14/daily16.html |date=August 16, 2006}} In September 2007, KUSW received an additional grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to assist in its conversion from analog to digital broadcasting.{{cite press release |publisher=Corporation for Public Broadcasting |title=CPB Awards Grants to 89 Public Radio Stations for Digital Transition |url=http://www.cpb.org/pressroom/release.php?prn=617 |date=September 20, 2007}} KUSW was the only radio station in New Mexico to receive such a grant in 2007.
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|124178|KUSW}}
{{Four Corners Radio}}
{{NPR New Mexico}}
Category:Adult album alternative radio stations in the United States