KWAX

KWAX
City	Eugene, Oregon
Broadcast area	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
Frequency	91.1 MHz
Branding	KWAX FM 91.1
Slogan	Classical Oregon
Programming
Format	Classical
Ownership
Owner	University of Oregon
History
First air date	1951
Call sign meaning	Pronounced "Quacks", referencing the Oregon Ducks, and "wax", slang for a phonograph record
Technical information
Facility ID	62413
Class	C1
ERP	21,500 watts (horiz); 12,500 watts (vert)
HAAT	370 meters
Translator(s)	See below
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kwax.com

KWAX (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial classical music radio station in Eugene, Oregon, broadcasting to the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon area. The station is a listener supported service of the University of Oregon. Some programming is spoken word: Episodes of My Word! and My Music were broadcast Sunday afternoons, until their discontinuation.

Repeaters and Translators[]

KWAX is simulcast on the following stations and translators:

88.5 FM in Redmond, Oregon (KWRX)
91.5 FM in Florence, Oregon (KWVZ)
90.9 FM in Sunriver, Oregon
91.3 FM in Newport, Oregon
92.9 FM in Corvallis, Oregon
92.9 FM in Salem, Oregon
97.9 FM in Roseburg, Oregon
98.9 FM in Bend, Oregon
101.9 FM in Cottage Grove, Oregon
105.3 FM in Glide, Oregon

History[]

KWAX started out in the late 1950s as a student managed and operated FM station, with studios and transmitter on the top floor of Villard Hall. The initial transmitter was 10 watts, and hours of operation were somewhat irregular. In 1966, a local FM station gave the university their old 250-watt transmitter when they upgraded.

References[]

^ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". 238. The Broadcast Archive. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2009.

External links[]

KWAX in Eugene, Oregon

Inside the KWAX studio

KWAX official website
KWAX in the FCC FM station database
KWAX on Radio-Locator
KWAX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
KWRX in the FCC FM station database
KWRX on Radio-Locator
KWRX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
KWVZ in the FCC FM station database
KWVZ on Radio-Locator
KWVZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Coordinates: 44°00′04″N 123°06′50″W / 44.001°N 123.114°W / 44.001; -123.114

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[bob-1] Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". 238. The Broadcast Archive. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2009.

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