KANW

KANW / KANR / KIDS / KANM
FrequencyKANW: 89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
KANR: 91.9 MHz
KIDS: 88.1 MHz
KANM: 90.3 MHz
Programming
FormatNews/Talk (Public), NPR/New Mexico music
News & Talk (KANW-HD2 and KANM)
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
OwnerAlbuquerque Public Schools
History
First air date
October 1950 (73 years ago) (1950-10)
Former call signs
KANR: KNLK (2002–2017)
KANM:
KLGQ (2005–2012)
KDRI (2012–2017)
Call sign meaning
KANW: K Albuqerque NeW Mexico
KANR: similar to KANW
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID4273
ClassKANW: C
KANR and KIDS: A
KANM: C2
ERPKANW: 20,000 watts
KANR and KIDS: 100 watts
KANM: 1,000 watts
HAATKANW: 1,266 meters (4,154 ft)
KANR: −8 meters (−26 ft)
KIDS: 49.5 meters (162 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
KANM:
35°15′8″N 107°35′45″W / 35.25222°N 107.59583°W / 35.25222; -107.59583 (KANM)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitekanw.com

KANW (89.1 FM) is a non-commercial public 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.[2] 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, KEDP 91.1 in Las Vegas, and KXNM 88.7 in Encino.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KANW / KANR / KIDS / KANM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "HD Radio station guide for Albuquerque, NM". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-12.