KZUM

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KZUM 89.3 FM/HD
KZUM FM Logo.png
City Lincoln, Nebraska
Broadcast area Lincoln area
Frequency 89.3 MHz
BrandingCommunity Radio
Programming
Format Variety
Ownership
OwnerSunrise Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
February 14, 1978 [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 63955
Class A
ERP 1,500 watts
HAAT 31.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
40°48′47.00″N96°42′24.00″W / 40.8130556°N 96.7066667°W / 40.8130556; -96.7066667
Links
Webcast listen live
Website kzum.org

KZUM (89.3 FM) is a radio station licensed in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The station serves the Lincoln area and is currently owned by Sunrise Communications, Inc. [2] It features a variety of programming, including jazz, blues, folk music, funk, soul and bluegrass, as well as a variety of locally and nationally focused news and talk programs.

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History

In January 1973, several community activists from Lincoln (Ron Kurtenbach, Tom Gedwillo, Mike Carper, Mason Youngman, Dave Luebbert, Greg Preston and Bill Laughlin) formed Sunrise Communications, a non-profit corporation. Through fundraising and word-of-mouth, the necessary monies for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) application were obtained and filed in early 1974. KZUM first broadcast in 1978 after negotiating over signal interference with Omaha TV station WOWT. [3] Several buildings housed the station until it located to its present studio and offices on South 48th Street. KZUM is also carried on Lincoln's Time Warner Cable TV system and streamed worldwide at its website. The Listener Subscribers used to Elect the Board of Directors of KZUM Sunrise Communications, but these voting rights were abolished in 2013 by the vote of the membership. This was primarily due to concerns that people who did not agree with the mission of KZUM might try to take over the station by becoming members and using those voting rights to establish a contrary agenda.

Programming

KZUM is powered by over 100 volunteer programmers, 7 days a week. Several programmers have been with KZUM virtually since its inception including Eric Bachenberg, John 'The Wagonmaster' Schmitz, Jim Anderson, and Hardy Holm. Bachenberg's The Exposition Flyer features folk music. Anderson hosted Another Blue Monday in the 1980s and 1990s and has had a variety of blues programs under many names over the years, including today's Blues Oasis. Holm brought local music to the airwaves as well as a popular Beatles show Strawberry Fields.

John "The Wagonmaster" Schmitz, as of April 2021, has been inducted into the Nebraska Performing Arts Hall of Fame, with over 40 years of dedicated service to KZUM and the community of Lincoln, Nebraska.

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References

  1. Starita, Jesse (December 31, 2014), "KZUM 89.3 FM, A Community Radio Station", Lincoln Today, retrieved March 12, 2019
  2. "KZUM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "The origins of KZUM". Lincoln Journal Star . 3 October 2009.