KANW

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KANW / KANR / KIDS / KGGA / KANM
CityKANW: Albuquerque, New Mexico
KANR: Santa Rosa, New Mexico
KIDS: Grants, New Mexico
KGGA: Gallup, New Mexico
KANM: Grants, New Mexico
FrequencyKANW: 89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
KANR: 91.9 MHz
KIDS: 88.1 MHz
KGGA: 88.1 MHz
KANM: 90.3 MHz
Programming
FormatNews/Talk (Public), NPR/New Mexico music
News & Talk (HD2)
Ownership
OwnerAlbuquerque Public Schools
History
First air date
October 1950 (71 years ago) (1950-10)
Technical information
Facility IDKANW: 4273
KANR: 93046
KIDS: 93047
KGGA: 94220
KANM: 83874
ClassKANW: C
KANR: A
KIDS: A
KGGA: A
KANM: C2
ERPKANW: 20,000 watts
KANR: 100 watts
KIDS: 100 watts
KGGA: 100 watts
KANM: 1,000 watts
HAATKANW: 1,266 meters (4,154 ft)
KANR: −8 meters (−26 ft)
KIDS: 49.5 meters (162 ft)
KGGA: 5 meters (16 ft)
KANM:827 meters (2,713 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
KANW:
35°12′44″N 106°26′59″W / 35.21222°N 106.44972°W / 35.21222; -106.44972
KANR:
34°57′20.2″N 104°40′55″W / 34.955611°N 104.68194°W / 34.955611; -104.68194 (KANR)
KIDS:
35°7′9″N 107°54′2″W / 35.11917°N 107.90056°W / 35.11917; -107.90056
KGGA:
35°32′27″N 108°44′36″W / 35.54083°N 108.74333°W / 35.54083; -108.74333 (KGGA)
KANM:
35°15′8″N 107°35′45″W / 35.25222°N 107.59583°W / 35.25222; -107.59583 (KANM)
Links
Websitehttp://www.kanw.com

KANW (89.1 MHz) is a non-commercial public FM radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. KANW is owned and operated by the Albuquerque Public Schools. On weekdays it airs New Mexico music and local public radio programming afternoons and nights, with NPR news programming in the morning, including Morning Edition, Fresh Air, On Point and 1A. Weekends feature New Mexico music, classical music and classic country music, as well as some NPR weekend shows such as The New Yorker Radio Hour, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and The Moth Radio Hour.

A second radio service known as KANW-HD2 carries all news and information programming.[1] It is heard on KANW's digital subchannel as well as on three FM translator stations and KANM 90.3 FM in Grants.

KANW main channel programming is simulcast on KANR 91.9 in Santa Rosa, KGGA 88.1 in Gallup, KIDS 88.1 in Grants, and KEDP in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

History[]

In October 1950, KANW first signed on the air. It is the oldest FM radio station in New Mexico. It was founded to air classroom educational broadcasts for students in the Albuquerque Public Schools and as a training ground for students who might be interested in broadcasting careers.

In late 2016, KANW acquired two stations from the Educational Media Foundation, a Christian radio network based in Rocklin, California. These are KANM (formerly KDRI) 90.3 in Grants and KGGA 88.1 in Gallup, New Mexico. Both stations are former Air 1 outlets, which had broadcast Contemporary Christian music.[2] The acquisition gave KANW two stations in the Grants area. KIDS already had been serving as a simulcast of KANW. So KANM airs the news and talk format heard on KANW-HD2.

On February 6, 2021, KANW announced a collaboration with KEDP in Las Vegas, New Mexico. KEDP has been operated by New Mexico Highlands University since 1967.[3] On February 9, an FCC application was filed to transfer the license of KEDP to the Albuquerque Board of Education.[4]

KANW HD2[]

KANW broadcasts a news, information and talk format on its HD2 digital subchannel. Programming comes from NPR, Public Radio International, American Public Media and BBC World Service. This format is available in Grants on FM translator station 91.1 K216AW and in Española on 91.1 K216GQ which upgraded its signal from 44 watts horizontal to 200 watts vertical in late summer 2015. On August 1, 2016, the format was made available in Albuquerque on translator 107.5 K298BY. In early 2017 the format was picked up on KDRI 90.3 in the Grants area which also continues to air on the 91.1 translator.

Broadcast translators of KANW (HD2)
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license ERP
(W)		 Class FCC info
K216GQ 91.1 Española, New Mexico 200 D FCC FM Query
K216AW 91.1 Grants, New Mexico 85 D FCC FM Query
K298BY 107.5 Albuquerque, New Mexico 55 horizontal D FCC LMS

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Station Sales Week of 9/16".
  3. ^ "KANW KEDP Collaboration".
  4. ^ "Draft Copy « License Modernization « FCC".

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