KNAU

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KNAU

Flagstaff, Arizona
Broadcast area	Flagstaff, Arizona
Frequency	88.7 MHz
Branding	Arizona Public Radio
Programming
Format	News/Talk and Information, and Classical music
Affiliations	National Public Radio, Public Radio International, American Public Media
Ownership
Owner	Northern Arizona University
Sister stations	KPUB
History
First air date	1983
Technical information
Facility ID	49490
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	445 meters (1,460 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°58′7.00″N 111°30′24.00″W
Translator(s)	see below
Repeater(s)	90.7 KNAA (Show Low)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	knau.org

KNAU (88.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting classical music and news/talk and information format. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, KNAU and its sister stations serve the northern Arizona area. The station is currently owned by Northern Arizona University and features programming from National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media, among other content providers.

In its early days in the 1960s, it was an unlicensed, low-power AM station, using cobbled-together, non-standard transmitting equipment located on the top of Sechrist Hall dormitory. The format of the station was nominally Top-40 and was entirely student-run, with oversight from a faculty adviser. It solicited advertising to supplement its operating budget. The additional revenue enabled the station to pay nominal salaries to several student staff members.

A prank on-air announcement dismissing classes early for Christmas break due to weather alerted the school's administration to the fact that many students listened to the station. Alarmed and fearing repercussions from higher authorities, in 1969 university officials disbanded the over-the-air feature, sending the signal through carrier current only to on-campus buildings, though that lasted but a few years.

The current KNAU signed on in 1983. Originally licensed as KAXR, it changed its call sign to KNAU before going on the air.

Translators

Broadcast translators for KNAU

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K207DX	89.3 FM	Kingman, Arizona	90	D	FMQ
K228EA	93.5 FM	Payson, Arizona	10	D	FMQ
K249EM	97.7 FM	Window Rock, Arizona	10	D	FMQ
K273AN	102.5 FM	Cottonwood, Arizona	10	D	FMQ
K291AL	106.1 FM	Prescott, Arizona	10	D	FMQ

External links

• KNAU in the FCC FM station database
• KNAU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• KNAA in the FCC FM station database
• KNAA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database