KWAX
Broadcast area | Eugene-Springfield, Oregon |
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Frequency | 91.1MHz |
Branding | KWAX FM 91.1 |
Programming | |
Format | Classical |
Ownership | |
Owner | University of Oregon |
History | |
First air date | 1951 |
Call signmeaning | Pronounced "Quacks", referencing theOregon Ducks,[1]and "wax", slang for aphonograph record |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 62413 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 21,500watts(horiz) 12,500watts(vert) |
HAAT | 370 meters |
Translator(s) | See below |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kwax |
KWAX(91.1FM) is a non-commercialclassical musicradio stationinEugene, Oregon,broadcasting to theEugene-Springfield, Oregonarea. The station is alistener supported serviceof theUniversity of Oregon.Some programming is spoken word: Episodes ofMy Word!andMy Musicwere broadcast Sunday afternoons, until their discontinuation.
History
[edit]KWAX started out in the late 1950s as a student managed and operated FM station, with studios and transmitter on the top floor of Villard Hall. The initial transmitter was 10 watts, and hours of operation were somewhat irregular. In 1966, a local FM station gave the university their old 250-watt transmitter when they upgraded.
Repeaters and Translators
[edit]KWAX issimulcaston the following stations and translators:
- 88.5 FM inRedmond, Oregon(KWRX)
- 91.5 FM inFlorence, Oregon(KWVZ)
References
[edit]- ^Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009)."Call Letter Origins".Vol. 238. The Broadcast Archive. Archived fromthe originalon February 18, 2016.RetrievedJune 21,2009.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for KWAX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
External links
[edit]- KWAX official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 62413 (KWAX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KWAXinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 90887 (KWRX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KWRXinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 90266 (KWVZ)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KWVZinNielsen Audio's FM station database
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