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Radio K (KUOM) is a college radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. It broadcasts on 770 kHz AM and 106.5 MHz FM, and the current broadcast format mostly consists of playing music in a variety of genres. Subject to clear channel restrictions on AM, the station transitions between the two frequencies as the sun rises and sets. The AM signal, which can be picked up across the Twin Cities region and beyond, is broadcast in daylight hours from the St. Paul/ Falcon Heights campus of the University. It shuts off to make way for WABC in New York City and KKOB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At night, Radio K uses an 8 watt FM broadcast from a high school in St. Louis Park (during the day, the transmitter is used for that school's radio station, KDXL ). Because the reception area is very limited, Radio K also streams audio on the Internet. KUOM is a member of the Independent Public RadioIndependent Public Radio IPR is a public radio network in Minnesota. It is the second-largest public radio organization in the state, after Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Also known as AMPERS Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations , the network in MinnesotaMinnesota ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: North Star State Other U. States Capital Saint Paul Largest City Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 12th225,365 kmē206,375 kmē18,990 kmē8. 4% Population Total ( 2000) D (previously known as AMPERS).Radio transmissions at the university date to 19121912 is a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U. January 17 British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the, when a professor named F. W. Springer began experimenting with broadcasts. Activities were suspended by World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of, but electrical engineeringElectrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism. Its practitioners are called electrical engineer s. Electrical engineering is a broad field that encompasses many subfields. professor C. M. Jansky was doing broadcasting again by 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu, when the call sign 9XI was used. He provided reports on farm market s and weatherWeather comprises all the various phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet. On Earth the regular events include wind, storms, rain, and snow, which occur in the troposphere or the lower part of the atmosphere. Weather is driven by energy from th. In February 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners, when a heavy snowstorm knocked out newswire services into the region, personnel at the Minneapolis Tribune convinced operators to help them retrieve the day's news through a roundabout series of amateur radio relays. The same year, the University received a license for the call sign WLB, and programming was extended to include lectures, concerts, and football games. In the 1930s and 1940s, the station broadcast a considerable amount of educational material and was used for distance learning. The call sign was changed to KUOM by 1945.
A polio epidemic in 1946 that resulted in temporary school closings and the cancellation of the Minnesota State Fair led the station to create programming for children who where homebound. Those programs, along with others broadcast in the 1940s, were recognized for their importance and led to several awards being given to the station.
Another station, WMMR (for "Women's and Men's Minnesota Radio"), was created on campus in 1948, with studios in the Coffman Memorial Union . Focused on providing a service for the student body, it originally broadcast via carrier current on campus, and eventually added an FM signal to the Minneapolis cable television system. This was an entirely student-run operation, relying on volunteers. A number of live broadcasts from the Whole music club and the Great Hall at the union took place, and the station served to promote other campus events.
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, began his radio career broadcasting classical music on WMMR as a student in the 1960s.
Initial broadcasts originated in the electrical engineering building on the Minneapolis campus until 1936 when facilities were moved to Eddy Hall . The transmitter had been on top of the EE building in the early years. Four decades later in 1974, the studios were again moved, this time to Rarig Center , just across the Mississippi River. KUOM time-shared the 770 kHz frequency with WCAL of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota until the 1990s when that station transitioned to full-time FM transmission. Around 1991, the university began to examine the idea of merging WMMR and KUOM. Most of the educational value of KUOM had been superseded by other media outlets by this time, so a transition to a student-oriented station with a small full-time staff to oversee operations finally took place in 1993.
The station is partially supported by donations, and frequent listeners are implored to "buy a watt." Radio K has put out a series of music compilations under the title Stuck on AM, featuring live recordings. The most recent version, volume 4, was released in 2003.
