KUYI

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KUYI
Broadcast area Hopi Tribe
Frequency 88.1 (MHz)
Branding Hopi Radio
Programming
Format Native American/Public Radio
Affiliations Native Public Media
Native Voice One
National Public Radio
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 20, 2000
Call sign meaning
KUYI = "Water" in the Hopi Language
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Class C1
ERP 69,000 Watts
HAAT 124 meters (601 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°48′29″N110°16′23″W / 35.80806°N 110.27306°W / 35.80806; -110.27306
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website KUYI Hopi Radio

KUYI 88.1 FM, is a Native American Public Radio station in Keams Canyon, Arizona. The station, founded in 2000, [1] primarily features locally produced programming for the Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo Native American tribal residents, surrounding communities in Northern Arizona, the Four Corners areas and streaming worldwide. [2] Other network programming is provided by Native Voice One. Top of the hour news updates from National Public Radio are aired Monday through Friday. Its musical programming is a mix of traditional Hopi and modern music. [3]

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. [1] Other local programming has included a weekly teen program by students of Hopi High School, and a health program in partnership with the Hopi Health Care Center. [6] [ unreliable source? ] In 2007, the station began presenting Annual "Listeners' Choice" awards. The categories for 2010 were: Best Traditional Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Male Artist, and Best Contemporary Artist; the awards celebration was held at the Hopi Cultural Center. [7]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Radio Provides Vital Information To Rural Tribes". NPR. July 19, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Shooting Stars Hopi Lavayi Radio Project - KUYI". kuyi.net. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jesse Hardman, Maura R. O'Connor (June 19, 2009). "Tribal Radio". Transom.org, a Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ Alexis Hauk (August 15, 2012). "Radio Free Cherokee: Endangered Languages Take to the Airwaves". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Laurel Morales (February 24, 2012). "Radio Essential To Tribes". Fronteras Desk. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ Michelle Tirado (April 28, 2009). "More Native American Radio Stations Broadcast Via the Web". Yahoo! Voices. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ "KUYI Hopi radio hosts 'Listener Choice' awards - Navajo-Hopi Observer - Flagstaff, Arizona". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ "KUYI Informs Community During Crises". National Center for Media Engagement. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
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