KAUG
KAUG (89.9 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska. The station was last owned by the Anchorage School District. It aired a variety format. The station was assigned the KAUG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 7, 2007. The FCC cancelled the station's license and deleted its call sign on February 2, 2022, for failure to file an application for license renewal.
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| Frequency | 89.9 MHz |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Variety |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Anchorage School District |
| History | |
First air date | 2007 |
Last air date | February 2, 2022 |
Call sign meaning | A reference to Augie Hiebert, who assisted in putting the station on the air |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 165582 |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 4 watts |
| HAAT | 30 meters (98 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 61°24′33″N 149°25′15″W / 61.40917°N 149.42083°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
KAUG (89.9 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska. The station was last owned by the Anchorage School District.[2] It aired a variety format.[3]
The station was assigned the KAUG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 7, 2007.[4] The FCC cancelled the station's license and deleted its call sign on February 2, 2022, for failure to file an application for license renewal.
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAUG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Communications classroom named in honor of Augie Hiebert" (PDF). Partnership Press. Anchorage School District. Winter 2007–2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
Mirror Lake Middle School has acknowledged broadcast pioneer Augie Hiebert's legacy by renaming its communications room "The Augie Hiebert Communications Studio." Mr. Hiebert was the school's mentor for its Video News program and helped launch the first radio station in the ASD. The station, with the call letters KAUG, is also the first FM radio station licensed to a middle school in the nation.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
External links
[edit]- Anchorage School District
- Facility details for Facility ID 165582 (KAUG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KAUG in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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