KNSU (FM)

Last updated
KNSU
KNSU 91.5FM logo.gif
Frequency 91.5 MHz
Branding"91.5 FM KNSU"
Programming
Format Alternative rock with some other formats depending upon program
Ownership
Owner Nicholls State University
History
Former call signs
KVFG (until 1985)
Call sign meaning
NSU (Nicholls State University)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 48825
Class A
ERP 250 watts
HAAT 45 meters (148 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 29°47′29″N90°48′07″W / 29.79139°N 90.80194°W / 29.79139; -90.80194
Links
Public license information
Website KNSU Website-Official

KNSU (91.5 FM) is a campus radio station licensed to Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. [2] The station mainly programs alternative rock aimed at a college aged crowd, however the station also plays hip hop music on shows aired on the station. The station also broadcasts Nicholls Colonels athletic events. [3] It is part of the Colonel Media Group, the overarching organization for NSU student media. [4]

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History

KNSU was originally licensed as KVFG-FM, going on air February 19, 1972. Previously, the station could only be heard via speakers in the Nicholls student union. [5]

It was the third college radio station to launch in Louisiana after Tulane University's WTUL and WLDC(AM) at Loyola University New Orleans, narrowly beating WWNO at Louisiana State University in New Orleans to the airwaves by one day. [6] The "VFG" in KVFG stood for President Vernon F. Galliano, and the station broadcast with those call letters until January 1985, when the FCC reassigned the call letters KNSU from the Coast Guard to KVFG. [7] [8]

The station began as a 10 watt station broadcasting on 91.5 FM which allowed for only on-campus and surrounding neighborhood area coverage. In 1992, the station was granted a construction permit to increase its effective radiated power; this change increased coverage to the surrounding regional area and the station was licensed in 1996 as a higher-powered 250 watt ERP and 45 meters of tower height station.

In the summer of 1973, KVFG aired the Watergate hearings with simultaneous French-language interpretation. NSU chemistry professor Pierre Rathle handled most of the live interpretation. [9]

In 2019, Nicholls State announced plans for a new student media center, which would house studios for KNSU alongside the university's other student-run print and television media operations. [10] The Media Convergence Center opened in 2021. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KNSU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KNSU-FM 91.5 MHz". radio-locator.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ "KNSU to Broadcast Nicholls Women's Basketball". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Brazan, Collin (August 19, 2018). "What is the Colonel Media Group?". The Nicholls Worth. Thibodaux, Louisiana. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "New Nicholls Radio Station Authorized". The Daily Review. Morgan City, Louisiana. January 19, 1972. p. 6. Retrieved October 19, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Wendell, Therese. "WLDC competition surfaces at Nicholls State, LSUNO". Loyola Maroon. Vol. 48, no. 19. New Orleans, Louisiana. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "KNSU 91.5 FM". nicholls.edu. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission.
  9. ↑ "Stroller". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. July 15, 1973. p. 1-A. Retrieved October 19, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Parker, Halle (October 3, 2019). "Donation to help create new Nicholls student media center". Houma Today. Houma, Louisiana. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  11. ↑ @NichollsState (January 29, 2021). "Nicholls State University has a new Convergence Media Center in Talbot Hall thanks to a donation from the Desalvo-Callais Family. The center will bring together the various student media publications currently spread across campus" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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