KWBU-FM

KWBU-FM

Waco, Texas
Frequency	103.3 (MHz)
Programming
Format	Classical music/NPR
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Ownership
Owner	Baylor University (Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation)
History
First air date	2000
Call sign meaning	Waco Baylor University
Technical information
Facility ID	4124
Class	A
ERP	3200 Watts
HAAT	453 feet
Transmitter coordinates	31°26′27″N 97°10′41″W
Links
Website	http://www.kwbu.org/

KWBU-FM (103.3 FM), is a National Public Radio-member radio station in Waco, Texas, serving the greater Brazos Valley region. It is owned by the Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation, a nonprofit community organization. Its call letters come from Baylor University, which has a majority of votes on the foundation board.

The station first signed on in 2000. Before then, Waco had been the largest market in the nation without an NPR station. In 2003, KWBU-FM was the first radio station in Waco to broadcast a high definition radio signal, also known as HD radio. When sister PBS member station KWBU-TV closed its doors in 2010 due to budget shortfalls, KWBU-FM remained in operation.

The station originally operated at 2,750 watts from a tiny 492-foot tower near Hewitt. It recently boosted its power to 3,200 watts from a 453-foot tower across from Richland Mall in Waco--like its predecessor, fairly modest for a full NPR member on the FM band. This may be to protect KSSM in Copperas Cove, located at adjacent 103.1 FM. As a result, the station's signal doesn't make it too far out of McLennan County; indeed, some of Waco's close-in suburbs in McLennan County only get a grade B signal. In many surrounding cities, such as Temple and Killeen, the station is barely listenable.

External links

• KWBU official website
• Facility details for Facility ID KWBU ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database