KBYU-FM
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| KBYU-FM | |
| Image:Kbyufm.jpg | |
| City of license | Provo, Utah |
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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah |
| Branding | Classical 89 |
| Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
| Format | Classical |
| ERP | 30,000 watts |
| HAAT | 907 m |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | Brigham Young University |
| Owner | Brigham Young University |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kbyufm.org |
KBYU-FM is a classical music radio station run by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Nicknamed Classical 89, the station's frequency is 89.1 Mhz. It transmits at an effective radiated power of 30 KW. Its transmitting tower is located on a peak of the Oquirrh Mountains northwest of the university campus, and southwest of Salt Lake City, the largest nearby metropolitan market.
The station previously broadcasted at a frequency of 88.9 Mhz; the frequency was shifted in 1988 by directive of the FCC, to alleviate interference for nearby frequencies used for aerial navigation, and to allow for a new full-power station to be built on 99.5 in the Salt Lake market.
The station presently broadcasts around the clock, having gone to that schedule in 1986. The station was originally set up to offer broadcasting experience to students of the university, but it has gradually moved to an all-professional staff of announcers (students are still employed behind the scenes).
The station is operated as a non-profit corporation, and employs several fundraisers during the year to raise a portion of its programming revenue (its operating budget is furnished by the university). The resulting programming budget is used to provide presentations of Utah Symphony concerts and other locally-produced music productions, and to provide access to national programming.
In 2006, KBYU-FM began broadcasting an 'HD Radio' signal along with its main signal, and subsequently began rebroadcasting its 'BYURadio' service on its HD2 signal.
[edit] External links
- KBYU-FM Official Site
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KBYU
- Radio Locator information on KBYU
NPR Member Stations in the state of Utah | |
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| Stations | Logan KUSU · Logan KUSR · Provo KBYU · Salt Lake City KCPW · Salt Lake City KPCW · Salt Lake City KUER · St. George KSGU · Tooele KCPW |
| See also PBS Utah and List of NPR stations | |
| BYU Broadcasting |
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KBYU-TV (PBS) | KBYU-FM | KBYI | KBYR-FM | BYU Television | BYU TV International |
