KWAX
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| City of license | Eugene, Oregon |
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| Broadcast area | Eugene-Springfield, Oregon |
| Slogan | "Eugene's Classical Station" |
| Frequency | 91.1 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1950s |
| Format | Classical |
| ERP | 21,500 watts (horiz.) 12,500 watts (vert.) |
| HAAT | 370 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 62413 |
| Callsign meaning | Pronounced "Quacks", referencing the Oregon Ducks[1], and "wax", slang for a phonograph record |
| Owner | University of Oregon |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kwax.com |
KWAX (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial classical music radio station in Eugene, Oregon, broadcasting to the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon area. The station is a listener supported service of the University of Oregon. Some programming is spoken word: Episodes of My Word! and My Music are broadcast Sunday afternoons.
KWAX is simulcast on the following stations:
- 88.5 FM in Redmond, Oregon (KWRX)
- 91.5 FM in Florence, Oregon (KWVZ)
- 92.9 FM in Salem, Oregon
- 98.9 FM in Bend, Oregon
- 101.9 FM in Reedsport, Oregon
- 90.9 FM in Sunriver, Oregon
- 91.3 FM in Newport, Oregon
[edit] History
KWAX started out in the late 1950s as a student managed and operated FM station, with studios and transmitter on the top floor of Villard Hall. The initial transmitter was a whopping 10 watts, and hours of operation were somewhat irregular. In 1966, a local FM station gave the university their old 250 watt transmitter when they upgraded.
[edit] References
- ^ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". 238. The Broadcast Archive. http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
[edit] External links
- KWAX official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KWAX
- Radio-Locator information on KWAX
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KWAX
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KWRX
- Radio-Locator information on KWRX
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KWRX
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KWVZ
- Radio-Locator information on KWVZ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KWVZ
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