KMUN

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KMUN and KTCB
Broadcast areaNorth Oregon Coast
Frequencies
  • KMUN: 91.9 MHz
  • KTCB: 89.5MHz
BrandingCoast Community Radio
Programming
Format Public radio
Affiliations National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerTillicum Foundation
KCPB-FM
History
First air date
  • KMUN: April 17, 1983 (1983-04-17)
  • KTCB: 2004 (2004)
Call sign meaning
  • KMUN: From "community" [1]
Technical information [2] [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID
  • KMUN: 67107
  • KTCB: 93286
Class
  • KMUN: C2
  • KTCB: A
ERP
  • KMUN: 7,200 watts
  • KTCB: 380 watts
HAAT
  • KMUN: 332 meters (1,089 ft)
  • KTCB: 351 meters (1,152 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)
  • KMUN: 89.3 K207FG (Cannon Beach)
  • KMUN: 91.3 K217FG (South Astoria)
  • KTCB: 104.3 K282BV (Wheeler)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website kmun.org
KCPB-FM
Broadcast areaNorth Oregon Coast
Frequency 90.9 MHz
BrandingCoast Community Radio
Programming
Format Public radio
Affiliations National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerTillicum Foundation
KMUN
History
First air date
April 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 93685
Class A
ERP 240 watts
HAAT 341 meters (1,119 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 46°15′45.3″N123°53′13.5″W / 46.262583°N 123.887083°W / 46.262583; -123.887083 (KCPB-FM)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website kmun.org/kcpb/

KMUN (91.9 FM) is a community and public radio station in Astoria, Oregon, United States, serving the northern Oregon Coast from Astoria to Tillamook. The station is owned by the Tillicum Foundation, alongside classical music and news station KCPB-FM 90.9, and maintains studios in Tillicum House on Exchange Street in Astoria. Three low-power translators and KTCB (89.5 FM) in Tillamook extend the signal south. KMUN features a block radio format with news, public affairs, and music programming. The Tillicum Foundation also owns KCPB-FM 90.9, a complementary service with NPR national news programs and classical music.

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History

The Tillicum Foundation was incorporated in 1977 with the goal of bringing a local radio station to Astoria. [5] In the early 1980s, a plan gestated to bring a community radio station to Astoria. On November 10, 1981, the station received its construction permit. Because Astoria was not in range of public radio at the time, the station was a high priority for grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. After getting the permit, volunteers of the nascent KMUN reached out to Portland community radio station KBOO for assistance; at one point, it was thought that KMUN might rebroadcast part of KBOO's broadcast day because of a potential lack of local interest, [6] but it was not feasible to relay KBOO's signal from Portland over remote terrain to Astoria. [7]

KMUN began broadcasting on April 17, 1983. [7] The original transmitter facility was on Megler Mountain, [7] where KMUN erected a donated 60-foot (18 m) timber telephone pole. [6] Originally reaching only the Astoria area, the station expanded down the Oregon Coast in 1986 with the addition of translators relaying its signal. [7] KMUN's studios were originally in the Gunderson Building until a supporter bought a house on Exchange Street in 1987 and donated it to the Tillicum Foundation; the station needed to relocate so it could install a satellite dish to receive NPR programming. [5] [7] Its programming was nearly entirely volunteer-produced; there were 30 volunteers when the station launched, about 70 by 1988, [5] and 250 in 2003. [8] In 2003, the station launched a local news department, building a newsroom in place of a decaying porch at Tillicum House. [7] The Tillamook translator was replaced in 2004 by the higher-power KTCB, [9] in part to prevent the translator from being displaced by any future stations. [10]

KCPB-FM began operating April 17, 2006, the 23rd anniversary of KMUN's sign-on. [11] It featured a format of mostly national programming, primarily classical music, with music scheduled at times when KMUN had talk programming and vice versa. The creation of KCPB-FM resolved tensions among KMUN listeners over whether to air more national programming from NPR. It provided much of the service previously offered by a fringe signal from KPLU-FM in Tacoma, Washington, which was about to go away, and cable radio's offering of Oregon Public Broadcasting, which had recently been discontinued. [12] Much of the equipment was previously used by KMUN prior to a technical upgrade. [13]

KMUN stayed on the air during the Great Coastal Gale of 2007 despite having a large elm tree crash into the studio building. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Wills, Kendall J. (July 27, 1988). "Astoria Journal; A Radio Station Returns to Its Roots". The New York Times .
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KMUN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTCB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCPB-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. 1 2 3 McClelland, John (June 30, 1988). "Volunteers add variety to KMUNity radio". Longview Daily News. Longview, Washington. p. C1. Retrieved December 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Wood, Sharon M. (December 10, 1985). "Coast radio station gets power from community volunteers". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. p. B6. Retrieved December 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Romano, Benjamin (April 17, 2003). "On air 20 years, KMUN celebrates". The Daily Astorian.
  8. ↑ "Coast Index: Two decades of community radio". The Daily Astorian. April 18, 2003.
  9. ↑ "KMUN works to serve listeners in Tillamook". The Daily Astorian. August 25, 2004.
  10. ↑ "KMUN fund-raiser will boost Tillamook presence". The Daily Astorian. August 13, 2003.
  11. ↑ "New radio station airs on North Coast today". The Daily Astorian. April 17, 2006.
  12. ↑ "New radio station to hit airwaves". The Daily Astorian. December 28, 2005.
  13. ↑ Swain, Sandra (March 25, 2005). "KMUN, OPB work to enrich coastal airwaves". The Daily Astorian.
  14. ↑ Henley, Gary (December 7, 2007). "'It's a bloody miracle we're still on the air' - KMUN staff, volunteers glue the community together in a crisis". The Daily Astorian.
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