KUOM

KUOM

Radio K - Real College Radio
KUOM AM tower with the antenna for 100.7 FM (and KBEM-FM)
Minneapolis, Minnesota United States
Broadcast area	Twin Cities
Frequency	770 kHz
Branding	Radio K - Real College Radio
Programming
Format	College radio
Affiliations	AMPERS
Ownership
Owner	University of Minnesota (Regents of the University of Minnesota)
History
First air date	January 13, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-01-13)
Former call signs	WLB (1922–27) WLB-WGMS (1927–33) WLB (1933–45)
Call sign meaning	University of Minnesota
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69337
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts (daytime)
Transmitter coordinates	44°59′54″N 93°11′18″W / 44.99833°N 93.18833°W / 44.99833; -93.18833
Translator(s)	See § FM signals
Repeater(s)	See § FM signals
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	radiok.org

KUOM (770 AM) – branded Radio K - Real College Radio – is a daytime-only, non-commercial, college radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Owned by the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, the station is operated by students and faculty. It mainly airs alternative rock with other genres of music. The studios are in Rarig Center on the University of Minnesota campus.

KUOM is a member of AMPERS, the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations.^[2] It receives funding from a number of sources, including donations from listeners. Approximately 40% of the station's funding comes from listener support, while the rest is provided by the state and federal governments, along with the University of Minnesota.

KUOM's AM signal operates at 5,000 watts with a non-directional antenna. Its transmitter tower is on the St. Paul - Falcon Heights campus. Due to its low frequency of 770 kHz, combined with the region's excellent soil conductivity,^[3] the station's AM coverage is comparable to that of a full-power FM station. Its signal can be heard throughout the Twin Cities area, with grade B coverage as far as St. Cloud and Mankato. However, the AM operation is licensed to broadcast only during daylight hours to avoid interfering with Class A WABC in New York City at night. Therefore, its hours of operation vary from month to month, reflecting local sunrise and sunset times. Sign off, for example, ranges from 4:30 p.m. in winter to 9:00 p.m. in summer. KUOM extends its reach, and adds nighttime service, with two FM translators and one limited-reach FM station that allow KUOM's programming to be heard 24 hours a day. KUOM is also available online.