KSUA

KSUA
Fairbanks, Alaska;
Broadcast area	Alaska Interior
Frequency	91.5 MHz
Branding	KSUA 91.5 College
Programming
Format	Alternative rock
Affiliations	Pacifica Radio
Ownership
Owner	University of Alaska, Fairbanks
History
First air date	September 6, 1984; 40 years ago
Former frequencies	103.9 MHz
Call sign meaning	Students of the University of Alaska
Technical information
Facility ID	20445
Class	A
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	-5.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates	64°51′32.00″N 147°49′41.00″W / 64.8588889°N 147.8280556°W
Links
Webcast	low-bandwidth or high-bandwidth
Website	www.ksuaradio.com

KSUA (91.5 FM) is a student-run college radio station licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Broadcasting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus with 3,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP,) it serves the Alaska Interior area.^[2] When first on the air in 1984, it was one of a few commercially licensed college stations. Reorganized in 1993, KSUA now operates under the FCC non-commercial educational license public radio rules.^[3] KSUA has won statewide and national broadcasting awards.

^ KSUA on line rebroadcast site https://liveonlineradio.net/ksua-fm-91-5 Retrieved 7/14/2017
^ "KSUA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ FCC 31 Nonprofit Media Though public radio and TV... FCC Programming Requirements Noncommercial licenses are available only for “educational” purposes. 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 practice, though, the FCC has allowed the stations to determine for themselves whether they have produced programming of this sort. The commission has intentionally left “educational programming” undefined, describing public broadcasting instead in terms of what it is not: Public stations “are not operated by profit-seeking organizations nor supported by on-the-air advertising,” with their “positive dimensions” determined by “social, political, and economic forces outside the Commission.” Because noncommercial stations have an educational mission, whose contours have been left unspecified, the FCC has never adopted public interest programming rules for noncommercial stations, such as requiring that a certain amount of airtime be dedicated to local news. https://transition.fcc.gov/osp/inc-report/INoC-31-Nonprofit-Media.pdf

[1] KSUA on line rebroadcast site https://liveonlineradio.net/ksua-fm-91-5 Retrieved 7/14/2017

[2] "KSUA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[3] FCC 31 Nonprofit Media Though public radio and TV... FCC Programming Requirements Noncommercial licenses are available only for “educational” purposes. 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 practice, though, the FCC has allowed the stations to determine for themselves whether they have produced programming of this sort. The commission has intentionally left “educational programming” undefined, describing public broadcasting instead in terms of what it is not: Public stations “are not operated by profit-seeking organizations nor supported by on-the-air advertising,” with their “positive dimensions” determined by “social, political, and economic forces outside the Commission.” Because noncommercial stations have an educational mission, whose contours have been left unspecified, the FCC has never adopted public interest programming rules for noncommercial stations, such as requiring that a certain amount of airtime be dedicated to local news. https://transition.fcc.gov/osp/inc-report/INoC-31-Nonprofit-Media.pdf

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