KANW

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KANW / KANR / KIDS / KANM
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KANR: 91.9 MHz
KIDS: 88.1 MHz
KANM: 90.3 MHz
Programming
Public), NPR/New Mexico music
News & Talk (KANW-HD2 and KANM)
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
OwnerAlbuquerque Public Schools
History
First air date
October 1950 (73 years ago) (1950-10)
Former call signs
KANR: KNLK (2002–2017)
KANM:
KLGQ (2005–2012)
KDRI (2012–2017)
Call sign meaning
KANW: K Albuqerque NeW Mexico
KANR: similar to KANW
Technical information
Facility IDKANW: 4273
KANR: 93046
KIDS: 93047
KANM: 83874
ClassKANW: C
KANR and KIDS: A
KANM: C2
ERPKANW: 20,000 watts
KANR and KIDS: 100 watts
KANM: 1,000 watts
HAATKANW: 1,266 meters (4,154 ft)
KANR: −8 meters (−26 ft)
KIDS: 49.5 meters (162 ft)
KANM: 827 meters (2,713 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
KANW:
35°12′44″N 106°26′59″W / 35.21222°N 106.44972°W / 35.21222; -106.44972
KANR:
34°57′20.2″N 104°40′55″W / 34.955611°N 104.68194°W / 34.955611; -104.68194 (KANR)
KIDS:
35°7′9″N 107°54′2″W / 35.11917°N 107.90056°W / 35.11917; -107.90056
KANM:
35°15′8″N 107°35′45″W / 35.25222°N 107.59583°W / 35.25222; -107.59583 (KANM)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitekanw.com

KANW (89.1

The Moth Radio Hour
.

A second radio service known as KANW-HD2 carries all news and information programming.

FM translator stations and KANM 90.3 FM in Grants
.

KANW main channel programming is simulcast on KANR 91.9 in Santa Rosa, KGGA 88.1 in Gallup, KIDS 88.1 in Grants, KEDP 91.1 in Las Vegas, and KXNM 88.7 in Encino.

History

In October 1950, KANW first

signed on the air. It is the oldest FM radio station in New Mexico. It was founded to air classroom educational broadcasts for students in the Albuquerque Public Schools
and as a training ground for students who might be interested in broadcasting careers.

In late 2016, KANW acquired two stations from the

Air 1 outlets, which had broadcast Contemporary Christian music.[2] The acquisition gave KANW two stations in the Grants area. KIDS already had been serving as a simulcast
of KANW. So KANM airs the news and talk format heard on KANW-HD2.

On February 6, 2021, KANW announced a collaboration with KEDP in Las Vegas, New Mexico. KEDP has been operated by New Mexico Highlands University since 1967.[3] On February 9, an FCC application was filed to transfer the license of KEDP to the Albuquerque Board of Education.[4]

On August 8, 2022, KXNM 88.7 Encino announced on their Facebook page that KANW would take over the operations of that station which served communities east of Albuquerque.[5]

KANW HD2

KANW broadcasts a news, information and talk format on its

FM translator station 91.9 K220KE and in Española
on 91.1 K216GQ which upgraded its signal from 44 watts horizontal to 200 watts vertical in late summer 2015. On August 1, 2016, the format was made available in Albuquerque on translator 107.5 K298BY. In early 2017 the format was picked up on KDRI 90.3 in the Grants area which also continues to air on the 91.1 translator.

Broadcast translators
for KANW (HD2)
Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) Class FCC info
K216GQ 91.1 FM Española, New Mexico 200 D FMQ
K220KE 91.9 FM Grants, New Mexico 175 D FMQ
K298BY 107.5 FM Albuquerque, New Mexico 55 horizontal D LMS

References

  1. ^ "HD Radio station guide for Albuquerque, NM". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  2. ^ "Station Sales Week of 9/16".
  3. ^ "KANW KEDP Collaboration". 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Draft Copy « License Modernization « FCC".
  5. ^ [1] KXNM Facebook post

External links

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