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| City of license | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | University of Northern Iowa/Surrounding Area |
| Branding | The Kult |
| Slogan | "Everything UNI" |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz |
| First air date | 2003-Present |
| Format | Alternative |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 28.7 meters (94 ft) |
| Class | L1 |
| Facility ID | 134585 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Affiliations | University of Northern Iowa |
| Owner | Board of Control For Student Broadcasting |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | uni.edu/kult |
KULT-LP (94.5 FM, "The Kult") is a college radio station broadcasting an Alternative rock radio format.[1] Licensed to Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA, the station serves the University of Northern Iowa area. The station is currently owned by the Board of Control For Student Broadcasting.[2]
History of Station
1955 - The student radio station started out on the 3rd floor in the Old Aud Building (now Lang Hall) at KYTC (Know Your Teachers College -- UNI was then Iowa State Teachers College). Content includes live dramas, concert music, and news.
1957 - KYTC was moved to a World War I barracks building annex that was located between Sabin Hall and the library.
1964 - KYTC moves to an old house south of Baker Hall that once served as the infirmary.
1969 - KTYC moves to the new Maucker Union, gets news audio equipment and operates as a carrier current station on campus.
1974 - Becomes KCRS (Campus Radio Service), 970 AM carier current. Known by 1978 as KC-97, the album station.
early 1990s - Now known as KGRK ("The Gerk"), and carried as audio on campus cable channel 5, in addition to carrier current.
1996 - Station gets a Web page. By this point, 80-100 students participate at the station as DJs, sports and news broadcasters each term.
1998 - KGRK begins Web streaming.
2001 - KGRK begins a low power (less than 1 watt) AM broadcast from antenna on top of Schindler Hall. The signal reaches only the campus area (per FCC requirements).
June 2001 -- Station faculty advisor Chris Martin (Associate Professor of Communication Studies) and the Board of Control for Student Broadcasting apply for one of the new 100-watt Low Power FM licenses offered by the FCC.
October 10, 2002 -- The FCC grants an 18-month construction permit for the station to get on the air. The station also secures the new call sign KULT-LP ("The Kult"), as selected from a list of available call signs by the station's student managers. Some available call signs that didn't make the cut: KONK (our runner-up), KWAN, KIPI, KIZI, KIKY, KLOP, KBAA, KIMU, KYRU.
February 2003 -- Northern Iowa Student Government approves a proposal from General Manager Lee Farquhar and Advisor Chris Martin for about $12,500 in special funds from the Northern Iowa Student Government.
October 17, 2003 -- With the major planning, design, and testing by broadcast engineer Walt Alliss, with additional work by Department of Communication Studies engineer Ken Paschke, ITS and the Physical Plant, and a group of students including new General Manager Kevin Hamilton, KULT-LP 94.5 FM goes on the air, months in advance of the construction permit expiration. KULT is the first LPFM on the air in Iowa, and serves as a community station for UNI students and the surrounding community. Its 100-watt signal contour carries from an antenna on top of Schindler Hall to cover Cedar Falls, north to Janesville, south to Hudson, east to Waterloo/Crossroads, and west to Dike.
2005 -- 50th anniversary! Still the one and only student radio station at UNI.
2009 -- KULT launches its new website and starts online streaming of the broadcasts.
References
External links
- Official website
- Facebook Page
- KULT Twitter Feed
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KULT
- Radio-Locator information on KULT-LP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KULT
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