Reorganized in 1993, KSUA now operates under the FCC non-commercial educational license public radiorules. In September the Associated Students University of Alaska Fairbanks (ASUAF) bill, called "Governance Agreement For The KSUA Media Board", was passed.
Jamie Canfield, went on to work for several independent record labels including Rounder Records, Rykodisc and Righteous Babe Records, voice work for several Rockstar Games, including Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and in 2011, he was Program Director at KSKI-FM in Hailey, Idaho.
The formerly-paid DJs were asked to volunteer, but in protest, one of them filed a wage claim with the Department of Labor, and KSUA was forced to give out almost $45,000 in unpaid wages. Telling, Isaac Paris, Jessica Tamez, Dani Carlson, Amy Chausse, Kelly Gitter, Laura Lowdermilk, TV, Public Affairs Program, Student Division, TV, Best Promotional Announcement, Student Division, Radio, Sports News Story, Student Division, Radio, Entertainment Program, Student Division, Tara Delana, Loquin Britton, Christina Sawyer, Radio, News Feature, Series Entry, Student Division, Radio, Public Service Announcement, Student Division, Overtime Win: Alaska Nanooks vs. Ferris State, 2/21/09, Bruce Cech, Erik Drygas, Matthew Schroder, Radio, Promotional Announcement, Student Division, Alaska Nanooks vs. Boston College NCAA NE Regional, Radio, Uniquely Alaskan, Student Division, KSUA Takeout: Local Musician Discusses Life on Rural Alaskan Island, Radio, Best Promotional Announcement, Student Division, Public Service Announcement, 60 seconds or less, single entry, student division, Luke Soren Nielsen, Meghan Packee, Eli Barry-Garland, Radio, Best Sports News Story, Student Division, Best Promotional Announcement, 60 seconds of less, single entry, Radio, Best Entertainment Feature, Student Division, Student Radio, Best Promotional Announcement, Luke Soren Nielsen, Rachel Elmer, Amelia Cooper, Josh Tullar, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 01:04.
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That nonprofit corporation had been formed to operate the station.[11]. When first on the air in 1984, it was one of a few commercially licensed college stations. When KSUA came back on the air, it had new equipment and new management. Veteran broadcaster Bruce Cech is the play-by-play announcer for all Nanook hockey games. KSUA (91.5 FM) is a College radio station broadcasting a Non-commercial educational format.
Broadcasting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus with 3,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP,) it serves the Alaska Interior area. With a broadcast power of 3 kilowatts, KSUA can be heard throughout the Fairbanks area. Construction has begun in Wood Center to create a new, shared office space for KSUA, the Sun Star and the concert board. [9], On September 6, 1984, KSUA-FM came on the air at the frequency of 103.9 MHz, operating under a commercial broadcast license from the FCC.
The station's advertising revenues steadily declined amidst an increasingly competitive broadcasting landscape. Telling, Star Trek, Sol Searching II, Lords of Time, TV, Entertainment Program, Single Entry, Student Division, Chip Brooks, Big Liza, Sally 3000, Ice Cold, Radio, Radio News Program, Student Division, Brian Woster, Dani Carlson, Kelsa Shilanski, Radio, Best On-Air Personality, Student Division, Radio, Promotional Announcements Series, Student Division, TV, Public Service Announcement, Student Division, TV, Entertainment Program, Student Division, TV, Uniquely Alaskan Program, Student Division, Sean Holland, Chris Green, Jason Brewer, Andrew Pan's, Casey Grove, Jose Cruz-Gomez, Rosie Milligan, TV, Promotional Announcement, Student Division, Nick Brewer, H.B. Playing what is referred to in the radio industry as the "album-oriented rock" or AOR format (focusing on 'deep albums tracks' in addition to more popular singles), KSUA-FM began as one of the few commercial college stations in the country, as are WHUR-FM at Howard University and WPGU at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. FCC Programming Requirements FM Radio Information. The new KSUA came back on the air December 2, 1993, playing the same song the station had shut down with: Pearl Jam's "Alive.". Follow UAF on Pinterest Required fields are marked *, Follow UAF on Facebook
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KSUA and the Sun Star are currently located on the third floor of Constitution Hall and will relocate ahead of an extensive renovation planned for Constitution Hall to begin in late April.
[6] Established by the UAF student government, KMPS went on air March 24, 1971. With new competition and decline of the Alaskan economy during the same period, KSUA's stability as a commercial radio entity diminished. Out of money, KSUA went dark March 8, 1993.
As Fairbanks's radio market expanded with more new stations in the early 1990s, acute financial troubles began to plague KSUA.
Noncommercial licenses are available only for “educational” purposes. Licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, (though most of their legal IDs continue to refer to College, Alaska, which their previous frequency was licensed to), the station serves the Alaska Interior area. The Wood Center scheduling office will coordinate with users who have reserved space in Wood Center to minimize the impact to events as much as possible.
I also promoted the idea of us getting our news from the Sun Star (with pushback from the Editor-in-chief who was worried about us scooping their stories). The Journal of College Radio, Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc., October 1972 Page 24, Musings about college radio and independent music - November 14, 2008 Interview with Matthew Schroder, who worked years as a staffer and now is the new General Manager of KSUA-FM, KSUA dominates student division of Alaska Broadcasters Association awards, which has existed since 2001, http://www.liveonlineradio.net/alaska/ksua-fm-2.htm, https://transition.fcc.gov/osp/inc-report/INoC-31-Nonprofit-Media.pdf, http://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/buildings/constitution-hall-(uaf)/, https://news.uaf.edu/kuac-marks-40-years-since-first-television-broadcast, FCC History Cards for KSWD (former KMPS-FM), "STUDENT MEDIA, INC., AK Nonprofit Corporation, Formed 1/21/1983", "Evans, Anderson to lead Fairbanks United Way campaign", "10 Questions with ... Jamie Canfield October 10, 2011", http://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/buildings/moore-hall/, "College, commercial stations propose frequency swap", "Spinning Indie 50 State Tour: Stop 5 - Alaska Station KSUA", https://www.uafsunstar.com/issue-12-ksua-awards/, Native Art Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KSUA&oldid=972613496, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Radio Commercial, Series, Student Division, Radio, Best Specialty Programming, Student Division, Radio Commercial, Single Entry, Student Division, Radio, Best Spots Never Aired, Student Division, Radio, Public Affairs Program, Student Division, Radio, Sports News Story, Single Entry, Student Division, The Russ Kelly Show, Sports Extra Edition, Radio, Uniquely Alaskan Program, Student Division, Radio, Promotional Item, Student Division, Radio, Best Spot that Never Aired, Student Division, Radio, Promotional Announcement, Series, Student Division, Radio, Radio Commercial, Single Entry, Student Division, Promotional Announcement, Single Entry, Student Division, Radio, Best Comedy Feature, Student Division, Radio, Live Sports Event, Student Division, Radio, Promotional Announcement, Single Entry, Student Division, Radio, Best Uniquely Alaskan Program, Student Division, Radio, Promotional Announcement Series, Student Division, Radio, Service to Community, Single Entry, Student Division, Curt Merrill, H.B. In exchange, the university received a new antenna and transmitter system valued at $26,000, as well as $10,000 in additional payments—all extremely valuable in the face of budget cuts. Until 1982—just years before KSUA went on air—the portion of the FM band below 100 MHz, including the typical noncommercial educational reserved band of 88–92 MHz, was reserved in Alaska for telecommunications purposes. KUAC FM 89.9 - Fairbanks, Alaska.
In practice, though, the FCC has allowed the stations to determine for themselves whether they have produced programming of this sort. KSUA-FM did not go on the air until the mid-1980s, but the station's roots stretch back for two decades before that, to the first UAF radio station, KUAC-FM.
KSUA (91.5 FM) is a student-run college radio station licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.
KUAC, the Fairbanks North Star Borough's public radio station, went on the air October 1, 1962, operating out of the Constitution Hall[4] studios KSUA now occupies.
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TV stations must show that the licenses will be used “primarily to serve the educational needs of the community; for the advancement of educational programs; and to furnish a nonprofit and noncommercial television broadcast service.” This includes transmitting “educational, cultural, and entertainment programs.” FM radio licensees must be nonprofit educational organizations that advance “an educational program.” In 1971, KUAC moved its radio and new TV broadcasting facilities into the lower level of the UAF Fine Arts Building.
KSUA provides live play-by-play coverage of University of Alaska Nanooks hockey. Some volunteers will be recording at home, and KSUA staff will be in to update automation to keep the station sounding fresh while we wait for this pandemic to pass. KUAC was the first public radio station in Alaska, and also the first FM station serving the Interior. Learn more about UA's notice of web accessibility.For questions or comments regarding this page, contact uaf-web@alaska.edu | ⓒ UA. The station's chief engineer brought the system up to FCC standards.