KUYI
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| History | |
First air date | December 20, 2000 |
Call sign meaning | KUYI = "Water" in the Hopi Language |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 69,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 124 meters (601 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°48′29″N 110°16′23″W / 35.80806°N 110.27306°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | KUYI Hopi Radio |
KUYI 88.1 FM, is a
As of August 2012, KUYI was broadcasting to an audience estimated at 9,000 people. Its programs include a junior and senior high school class that broadcasts in Hopi, a morning Sunday show aimed at small children, and cultural discussions for adults that are held according to the lunar calendar, in keeping with Hopi tradition.[4]
The station's name, Kuyi, is also the Hopi word for "water."[5] A language revitalization project, The Shooting Stars Hopi Lavayi Radio Project, has been developed with the Polacca Head Start Center, broadcasting in the First Mesa Dialect for students.[2]
As of 2009, all programs were produced by Hopi tribal members.
The station played an important role in emergency response in 2010, due to its "69,000 watt signal [that] echoes across the canyons and bounces off the mesas that make up the 1.5 million acre reservation."[5] In January 2010, the Hopi reservation was without power for two days as the result of a winter storm. KUYI stayed on the air, even when larger radio stations in Flagstaff, Arizona were not operational, and provided emergency information to four counties.
Floods in July 2010 left the First Mesa Consolidated Villages without potable water or sewage. KUYI was able to keep its listeners informed for the three days it took for water trucks to arrive.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Radio Provides Vital Information To Rural Tribes". NPR. 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ a b "Shooting Stars Hopi Lavayi Radio Project - KUYI". kuyi.net. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ Jesse Hardman, Maura R. O'Connor (2009-06-19). "Tribal Radio". Transom.org, a Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ Alexis Hauk (2012-08-15). "Radio Free Cherokee: Endangered Languages Take to the Airwaves". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ a b Laurel Morales (2012-02-24). "Radio Essential To Tribes". Fronteras Desk. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ Michelle Tirado (2009-04-28). "More Native American Radio Stations Broadcast Via the Web". Yahoo! Voices. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "KUYI Hopi radio hosts 'Listener Choice' awards - Navajo-Hopi Observer - Flagstaff, Arizona". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "KUYI Informs Community During Crises". National Center for Media Engagement. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
External links
- KUYI: Official Website
- KUYI in the FCC FM station database
- KUYI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- KUYI: Facebook
- KUYI: Twitter