Radio

 

 

Silakkuagvik Communications, Inc.
Station KBRW (AM)
Barrow, AK
02-01-98019

To replace worn-out and obsolete studio production and operations equipment at public radio station KBRW (AM), which operates on 680 kHz in Barrow, AK, and which brings the sole public radio service to 8,400 residents of the North Slope area of extreme northern Alaska. The most notable items to be purchased would be four tape recorder/players, two mini-disc recorder/players,two portable mini-disc recorder/players, an 8-channel console, and an unattended record & play operations system.

Contact: Donovan Rinker

Federal Amount $ 39,813

(907) 852-6811

Total Project Cost $ 53,085

 

CoastAlaska, Inc.
Juneau, AK
02-01-98027

CoastAlaska, Inc. comprises five public radio stations located in the southeast section of Alaska, called the "Alaskan Panhandle": KTOO (FM), Juneau; KCAW (FM), Sitka; KSFK (FM), Petersburg; KSTK (FM), Wrangell; and KRBD (FM), Ketchikan. The project would place a digital storage and retrieval system at KSTK (FM), Wrangell, and equip KSTK (FM) with a telephone hybrid system.

Contact: Mr. Jamie Waste

Federal Amount $ 30,196

(907) 586-1670

Total Project Cost $ 40,262

 

Kotzebue Broadcasting Inc.
Station KOTZ (AM)
Kotzebue, AK
02-01-98159

To improve the facilities of public radio station KOTZ(AM), operating on 720 kHz in Kotzebue, AK, by replacing obsolete production equipment. The project would provide digital audio storage and editing equipment, an audio console, digital cart machines, and audio processing, monitoring and test equipment. The station offers the sole public radio service to 8,500residents of northwest Alaska.

Contact: Ms. Suzy Erlich

Federal Amount $ 101,240

(907) 442-3435

Total Project Cost $ 138,686

 

Arizona Board of Regents in behalf of Northern Arizona Univeristy
KNAU-FM
Flagstaff, AZ
04-01-98031

To improve public radio station KNAU-FM, 88.7 MHz, in Flagstaff, by replacing its 15-year old transmitter, antenna and transmission line. KNAU-FM serves about 133,600 people in northern AZ.

Contact: Mr. John Stark

Federal Amount $ 68,998

(520) 523-5628

Total Project Cost $ 137,995

 

White Mountain Apache Tribe
KNNB, 88.1 FM, Apache Radio
Whiteriver, AZ
04-01-98122

To improve public radio station KNNB-FM, 88.1 MHz, in Whiteriver by replacing obsolete and worn out origination equipment that has been in use since the station began broadcasting in 1982. KNNB-FM broadcasts in the Apache language and covers about 22,000 people.

Contact: Mr. Connor Murphy

Federal Amount $ 13,191

(520) 338-4346

Total Project Cost $ 26,381

 

Rural California Broadcasting Corporation
Rohnert Park, CA
06-01-98103

To expand the signal of KRCB-FM, operating on 91.1 MHz in Rohnert Park, California, by activating a translator in Santa Rosa, operating on 90.9 MHz. The project will provide first English-language, public radio services to about 120,000 residents of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California.

Contact: Ms. Nancy Dobbs

Federal Amount $ 9,562

(707) 585-8522

  Total Project Cost $ 12,749

 

Round Valley Unified School District
Covelo, CA
06-03-98127

To plan for the activation of a public radio station in Round Valley, California, which will provide first public radio services to about 2,500 residents of the area.

Contact: Andrea Harris

Federal Amount $ 10,745

(707) 983-6171

Total Project Cost $ 13,595

 

Radio Bilingue
Fresno, CA
06-03-98187


To conduct planning activities for the establishment of a public radio station serving the Spanish-speaking residents of southwestern Texas. There is no public radio station currently serving this area.

Contact: Mr. Hugo Morales

Federal Amount $ 37,838

(209) 455-5757

Total Project Cost $ 50,450

 

Denver Educational Broadcasting, Inc
KUVO (FM)
Denver, CO
08-01-98179

To improve public radio station KUVO-FM, 89.3 MHz, in Denver, by replacing its 13 year old transmitter, master control and production boards. KUVO-FM, a Hispanic-controlled station, currently serves about 85,000 people.

Contact: Ms. Florence Hernandez-Ramos

Federal Amount $ 42,969

(303) 480-9272

  Total Project Cost $ 85,937

 

Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation
WMNF-FM
Tampa, FL
12-01-98085

To improve the facilities of WMNF-FM, operating on 88.5 MHz in Tampa, FL, by replacing obsolete consumer-grade master control and studio equipment with new equipment including CD and Minidisc players, digital audio cards, and digital console. The station will also replace the failing STL system.

Contact: Mr. Richard Eiswerth

Federal Amount $ 20,747

(813) 238-8001

  Total Project Cost $ 41,495

 

WJCT, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
12-01-98098


To improve the facilities of WJCT-FM, operating on 89.9 MHz in Jacksonville, FL, by replacing old and failing remote production and distribution equipment including the audio mixer, digital audio record and playback units, a digital remote program link and audio monitoring and microphone equipment. The station will also replace the 12-year-old STL with a digital multi-channel system.

Contact: Mr. Rick Johnson

Federal Amount $ 20,008

(904) 358-6394

  Total Project Cost $ 40,016

 

Kekahu Foundation
Princeville, HI
15-01-98066

To extend the service area of public radio station KAQA(FM) operating on 91.9 MHz serving the island of Kauai, by constructing an booster station to serve Kilauea Town. The booster will operate on 91.9 MHz and serve an additional 1,000 residents of the island of Kauai.

Contact: Mr. Jon Scott

Federal Amount $ 9,442

(808) 826-7774

  Total Project Cost $ 12,590

 

Idaho State Board of Education
BSU Radio Network
Boise, ID
16-01-98084

To improve the operation of public station KBSU-FM, 90.3 MHz, Boise, ID, by replacing its transmission antenna, which was damaged by ice storms. The station serves a population of about 409,100 persons.

Contact: Dr. James Paluzzi

Federal Amount $ 3,000

(208) 385-3663

Total Project Cost $ 57,774

 

The University of Kansas
KANU-FM
Lawrence, KS
20-01-98017

To improve public radio station KANU-FM, 91.5 MHz, in Lawrence by upgrading its transmitter, replacing its transmission line and related transmission equipment.  KANU-FM serves approximately 1.2 million people in KS and MO.

Contact: Mrs. Janet Campbell

Federal Amount $ 18,997

(785) 864-4603

Total Project Cost $ 61,652

 

  Board of Supervisors, LA State University Agricultural & Mechanical College
Red River Public Radio Net--KBSA
Shreveport, LA
22-01-98242

To return public radio station KBSA-FM, 90.9 MHz, in El Dorado, AR to full service after its antenna and transmission line were destroyed when the tower collapsed during a severe storm on 2/10/98. Project would also replace the damaged microwave interconnection between KBSA-FM and the network signal at KDAQ-FM, Shreveport, with satellite interconnection. KBSA-FM provides the only public radio signal to about 121,000 people.To improve the operation of public station KBSU-FM, 90.3 MHz, Boise, ID, by replacing its transmission antenna, which was damaged by ice storms. The station serves a population of about 409,100 persons.

Contact: Ms. Catherine Fraser

Federal Amount $ 23,934

(318) 797-5150

Total Project Cost $ 31,955

 

   University of Michigan
WUOM (FM)
Ann Arbor, MI
26-01-98057


To improve the operation of public radio station WUOM, 91.7 MHz, Ann Arbor, MI, by replacing items of worn out and obsolete production equipment, including consoles, a mixer, microphones, mic stands, monitors, patch panels, cassette recorders, DAT recorders, CD players, and associated items and by acquiring a digital work station. WUOM and its repeater stations -- WFUM, 91.1 MHz, Flint, and WVGR, 104.1 MHz, Grand Rapids -- serve a population of about 5,300,000.

Contact: Mr. Donovan Reynolds

Federal Amount $   83,319

(734) 764-9210

Total Project Cost $ 166,639

 

Northern Michigan University
WNMU-TV & WNMU-FM
Marquette, MI
26-05-98099

To improve the operation of WNMU-TV, ch. 13, and  WNMU-FM, 90.1 MHz, Marquette, MI, by replacing items of worn out and obsolete production equipment, including -- for television -- a character generator, transmitter remote control, video playback machine, and digital audio recorders and an editor; and -- for radio -- a master control console, routing switcher, and audio recorders and editors. The stations serve a population of about 250,000 persons.

Contact: Mr. Scott Seaman

Federal Amount $    65,150

(906) 227-1300

Total Project Cost $ 130,300

 

Minnesota Public Radio
KCCM
Saint Paul, MN
27-01-98227

To improve the operation of Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, by replacing the worn out and obsolete transmitter at station KCCM, 91.1 MHz, Fargo/Moorhead, MN, and by replacing a worn out and obsolete audio mixing console at network headquarters used for such national productions as "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Saint Paul Sunday". Minnesota Public Radio's owned and operated stations serve a population of about 4,894,800.

Contact: Mr. Ron Hall

Federal Amount $    104,773

(612) 290-1163

Total Project Cost $   209,546

 

Double Helix Corporation
KDHX (FM)

St. Louis, MO
29-01-98183

To improve the service of public radio station KDHX, 88.1 MHz, St. Louis, MO, by replacing its worn-out transmitter. The station serves a population of about 2,500,000.

Contact: Ms. Beverly Hacker

Federal Amount $    37,145

(314) 664-3955

Total Project Cost $    74,290

 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Lame Deer, MT

30-03-98204

To plan for the first public radio station to serve the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, based in Lame Dear, MT. The proposed station would serve 10,000 people.

Contact: Mr. John Grinsell

Federal Amount $   32,310

(406) 477-6284

Total Project Cost $ 38,632

 

Friends Of Public Radio, Inc.
WHQR-FM

Wilmington, NC
37-01-98147

To extend the signal of public radio station WHQR-FM, 91.3 MHz, in Wilmington by increasing the station's power, increasing the antenna height and using a directional antenna. WHQR-FM will add first public radio service to about 69,000 people.

Contact: Mr. Daniel Campbell

Federal Amount $    127,500

(910) 343-1640

Total Project Cost $   170,000

 

The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
WUNC Radio

Chapel Hill, NC
37-01-98231

To extend public radio service to the Outer Banks area of North Carolina by constructing FM translators in three communities: Manteo, operating on 90.9 MHZ; Buxton, operating on 91.1 MHZ ; and Waves, operating on 90.1 MHZ. The facilities will provide the first public radio service to 12,983 people. The three new translators will rebroadcast the statewide service of public radio station WUNC(FM), Chapel Hill, through a satellite interconnection.

Contact: Mr. Thomas Davis, Jr.

Federal Amount $    121,671

(919) 966-5454

Total Project Cost $   162,228

 

Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska/Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha-KVNO

Omaha, NE
31-01-98011

To improve public radio station KVNO-FM, 90.7 MHz, in Omaha by replacing its 25-year old transmitter,antenna, line and associated equipment. KVNO-FM provides service to about 607,292 people.

Contact: Ms. Debra Aliano

Federal Amount $    39,237

(402) 559-5866

Total Project Cost $   81,743

 

New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority
Trenton, NJ
34-01-98136

To construct a repeater FM transmitter which will extend public radio service to an additional community in New Jersey. WNJM(FM), operating on 88.9 MHz in Manahawkin will provide first public radio service to 35,512 people.

Contact: Mr. William Schnorbus

Federal Amount $    39,641

(609) 777-5163

Total Project Cost $   52,855

 

Nevada Public Radio Corporation
KNPR-FM

Las Vegas, NV
32-01-98237

To extend the signal of public radio station KNPR-FM,  89.5 MHz, in Las Vegas by constructing a new station in Lund, 88.7 MHz, and an FM translator in Ely, 89.5 MHz. The Lund station will repeat KNPR-FM but will have local origination capacity located at the Lund High School. The two new facilities will provide first public radio service to about 7,000 people.

Contact: Mr. Lamar Marchese

Federal Amount $   97,183

(702) 258-9895

Total Project Cost $ 129,578

 

Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service, Inc.
Cheektowaga, NY
36-04-98042

To improve the program production capabilities of Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service, which serves the print-handicapped residents of Western New York.   The project will replace worn-out and failure-prone studio equipment, including a control console, tape decks and CD players.

Contact: Mr. Robert Sikorski

Federal Amount $ 30,343

(716) 668-8888

Total Project Cost $ 60,686

 

WAMC
Station WAMC-FM
Albany, NY
36-01-98100


To improve the studio production and master control facilities of public radio station WAMC-FM, operating on 90.3 MHz in Albany, NY, by replacing obsolete and failing 29-year-old equipment with a digital hard-drive system.

Contact: Mr. David Galletly

Federal Amount $ 60,459

(518) 465-5233

Total Project Cost $ 120,918

 

Pacifica Foundation
WBAI Radio
New York City, NY
36-01-98112

To improve the facilities of WBAI-FM, operating on 99.5 MHz in New York City, by replacing equipment in its on-air studio which has been in constant use for over 20 years. The equipment items include a mixing console, digital cart system, DAT recorders, router/switcher, CD players and a digital audio work
station.

Contact: Ms. Valerie van Isler

Federal Amount $   53,955

(212) 279-0707

Total Project Cost $ 107,911

 

WNYC Radio
New York, NY
36-01-98155

To replace aging and unreliable analog cart machines with a hard-drive based digital audio system that will enable WNYC-FM, 93.9 MHz, in New York City to produce radio programming for national distribution.

Contact: Mr. Ken Dinitz

Federal Amount $ 59,737

(212) 669-7800

Total Project Cost $ 119,474

 

WMHT Educational Telecommunications
Schenectady, NY
36-01-98189

To replace outdated and poorly functioning audio record/play equipment used by public radio station
WMHT-FM, which operates on 89.1 MHz in Schenectady, NY. The new audio server system will represent an important step in WMHT-FM's conversion from analog to digital technology. The system will also be used by RISE, the station's 24-hour radio reading service for the print handicapped.

Contact: Ms. Elizabeth Hood

Federal Amount $   53,875

(518) 357-1700

Total Project Cost $ 107,750

 

Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
WGTE-FM
Toledo, OH
39-01-98088

To extend the signal of public radio station WGTE-FM, 91.3 MHz, Toledo, OH, by activating a repeater on 91.9 MHz in Defiance, OH. The new station will bring the first public radio service to about 66,962 persons. WGTE-FM presently serves a population of about 1,040,500.

Contact: Mr. Daniel Niedzwiecki

Federal Amount $ 74,830

(419) 243-3091

Total Project Cost $ 149,660

 

Miami University
WMUB
Oxford, OH
39-01-98115

To improve the operation of public radio station WMUB, 88.5 MHz, Oxford, OH, by replacing its worn out and obsolete STL and selected items of production equipment, including a networked hard disc audio recording and editing system, an audio console, CD players, and microphone processors. The station serves a population of about 312,302.

Contact: Dr. Cleve Callison

Federal Amount $ 45,180

(513) 529-5885

Total Project Cost $ 90,360

 

The Ohio State University
WOSU Stations
Columbus, OH
39-01-98229

To improve the operations of public radio station WOSU-AM, 820 KHz, Columbus, OH, by replacing two worn out and obsolete audio consoles and associated equipment and the remote control and antenna monitor for the station's nighttime signal. The station serves a population of about 1,010,000.

Contact: Mr. Sam Eiler

Federal Amount $ 33,887

(614) 292-9678

Total Project Cost $ 67,775

 

The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
KGOU Radio
Norman, OK
40-03-98157

To plan for a new public radio station which will provide first service to western Oklahoma.

Contact: Ms. Karen Holp

Federal Amount $ 9,800

(405) 325-3388

Total Project Cost $ 9,800

 

Tillicum Foundation
KMUN-FM
Astoria, OR
41-01-98044

To improve the facilities of public radio station KMUN(FM), operating on 91.9 MHz in Astoria, OR. Replacement of the station's transmitter, antenna, studio-transmitter link, audio consoles, routing switcher and related equipment will ensure continued service to 75,000 residents of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington state.

Contact: Mr. Charles Sweet

Federal Amount $   77,799

(503) 325-0010

Total Project Cost $ 103,732

 

The University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga
WUTC-FM
Chattanooga, TN
47-01-98168

To improve the facilities of public radio station WUTC-FM, operating on 88.1 MHz, in Chattanooga, TN by purchasing a propane backup electric generator. The project will ensure continued public radio services to over 1 million residents of eastern Tennessee and adjacent areas of North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

Contact:  Dr. John McCormack

Federal Amount $ 14,342

(423) 755-4756

Total Project Cost $ 28,685

 

University of Houston System
KUHF-FM Radio
Houston, TX
48-01-98060

To improve public radio station KUHF-FM, 88.7 MHz, in Houston by relocating to a different tower. KUHF-FM is being displaced from its current tower due to the digital television conversion by the commercial licensee who owns the existing tower. Project will acquire a new transmitter, remote control, dummy load, rigid transmission line and related dissemination equipment. KUHF-FM serves about 3.7 million people.

Contact: Mr. John Proffitt

Federal Amount $ 203,478

(713) 743-0887

Total Project Cost $ 406,956

 

Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
Utah Public Radio/KUSU-FM
Logan, UT
49-01-98120

To extend the signal of public radio station KUSU-FM, 91.5 MHz, in Logan by activating a new translator on 91.5 MHz in Vernal/Uintah. Project would provide first service to about 15,470 people.

Contact: Mr. Bryan Earl

Federal Amount $ 8,946

(435) 797-3107

Total Project Cost $ 11,928

 

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
Station WETA-FM
Arlington, VA
51-01-98191

To expand the service area of WETA-FM, 90.9 MHz in Washington, DC, by activating a repeater station in Leonardtown, Maryland, operating on 91.7 MHz. The new facility will provide first public radio services to over 100,000 residents of St. Mary's county, Maryland.

Contact:  Mr. John Hoehn

Federal Amount $ 262,578

(703) 998-2765

Total Project Cost $ 350,105

 

Vermont Public Radio
Colchester, VT
50-01-98245

To relocate and replace the transmitter, antenna and STL of WVPS-FM, operating on 107.9 MHz in Colchester, Vermont. The project is considered to be of an emergency nature, because WVPS-FM must complete its relocation by August 1999. On its present tower, the station cannot meet the new FCC Radio Frequency Radiation guidelines. Attempts to resolve the radiation situation by alternative means have not been successful, thus necessitating the equipment relocation.

Contact: Ms. Cindy Shuman

Federal Amount $ 151,221

(802) 654-4307

Total Project Cost $ 302,443

 

Northwest Communities Education Center
Granger, WA
53-01-98070

To improve the facilities of KDNA-FM, operaing on 91.9 MHz in Yakima, WA, by replacing the obsolete and failure-prone 18-year-old transmitter.

Contact: Mr. Ricardo Garcia

Federal Amount $ 38,193

(509) 854-2222

Total Project Cost $ 50,925

 

KSER Foundation
Lynnwood, WA
53-01-98077

To improve and extend the broadcast signal of public radio station KSER-FM, operaging on 90.7 MHz in Snohomish County, WA, by relocating the transmitter and antenna and increasing the power from 1000 to 5750 watts. KSER will also install microwave equipment to link the transmission site to the radio station.

Contact: Mr. Edward Bremer

Federal Amount $ 52,992

(425) 742-4541

Total Project Cost $ 70,657

 

Confederated Tribes & Bands Of The Yakama Indian Nation
Economic Development
Toppenish, WA
53-03-98205

To plan for the construction of a radio station serving about 13,600 people in and around the Yakama
Reservation.

Contact: Mr. Lawrence SpottedBird

Federal Amount $ 34,429

(509) 865-5121

Total Project Cost $ 45,905

 

Back Porch Radio Broadcasting, Inc.
WORT (FM)
Madison, WI
55-01-98166

To improve the facilities of WORT(FM), operating on 89.9 MHz in Madison by replacing a 5 year old analog STL system with a digital system. The project will ensure continued service to 390,000 residents of the Madison area.

Contact: Ms. Cindy Fesemyer

Federal Amount $ 18,846

(608) 256-2695

Total Project Cost $ 38,266

 

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Madison, WI
55-01-98217

To extend Wisconsin Public Radio to Ashland by constructing a translator operating on 102.9 MHz. or
104.7 MHz. to provide first public radio service to 13,000 people in the Chequamegon Bay area. The translator will broadcast programming from the Wisconsin Ideas Network and the WPR News and Classical Music Network, both operated by the applicant.

Contact: Mr. Thomas Fletemeyer

Federal Amount $ 24,212

(608) 264-9676

Total Project Cost $   78,591

This page was last updated on 10/01/98.