KAZU

KAZU
City	Pacific Grove, California
Slogan	NPR for the Monterey Bay Area
Frequency	90.3 MHz
Format	Public Radio
ERP	3,400 watts
HAAT	168 meters
Class	B1
Transmitter coordinates	36°33′09″N 121°47′17″W / 36.55250°N 121.78806°W / 36.55250; -121.78806
Owner	California State University, Monterey Bay (Foundation of California State University, Monterey Bay)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kazu.org

KAZU (90.3 FM) is an NPR-member radio station, licensed in Pacific Grove, California, United States. The station is currently owned and operated by the California State University, Monterey Bay.

History

Established

KAZU began broadcasting in August 1977 from an upstairs office in downtown Pacific Grove. The station was started in hopes of being a local community radio station, with a focus on the south Monterey Bay cities. The station operated with 10 watts, and had about 90 volunteers who ran the on-air operation; a small board of directors oversaw the fiscal and legal operations of the corporation that owned KAZU was called The Great Silence Broadcasting Foundation.

Wider broadcast

Because of the low power, the reach was limited, so the station signal was added to the Monterey cable system in 1978. The transmitter was relocated to Hidden Hills, east of Monterey in 1980, and coverage was expanded to reach the entire Monterey Bay area. Programming and volunteer participation expanded as well, and the station migrated to larger studios in the same building in the mid-1980s.

Fire and relocation

A fire at the studio in the late 1990s briefly put KAZU off the air. Temporary studios were quickly built and the station moved out of downtown Pacific Grove to Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. After a series of managers and program directors, the station struggled to survive high rents for the new studios and the old transmitter site. The locally produced music and talk programming remained popular with the community, but financial support did not grow sufficiently to cover the new expenses.

Financial collapse

In the late 1990s, the fiscal situation worsened, and cuts to staff were made. A new manager was hired in 1998, and plans were made to change the station to an NPR/PRI affiliate and reduce volunteer programming.

The station was still unable to continue financially, so the board planned to give the station to an outside third-party non-profit. Both KUSP in Santa Cruz, and Cal State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) offered to take over KAZU operations. The board chose CSUMB. Further programming changes were made and by 1999, all volunteers were removed from programming. In 2008, KAZU relocated to the campus of CSUMB.

External links

http://www.well.com/user/dmsml/kazu/index.html

Radio stations in the Santa Cruz/Monterey/Salinas, California area

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

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NPR member stations in the state of California

Jefferson Public Radio stations	Bayside KNHM Burney KNCA McCloud KLDD Mendocino KPMO Mt. Shasta KMJC Mt. Shasta KNSQ Rio Dell KNHT Shasta Lake City KJPR Yreka KNYR Yreka KSYC

Capital Public Radio stations	Groveland KXSR Quincy KQNC Sacramento KUOP Sacramento KXJZ Sacramento KXPR Sutter KXJS Tahoe City KKTO

KCRW stations	Indio KCRI Mojave KCRY Oxnard KCRU Santa Monica KCRW

KUSC stations	Los Angeles KUSC Morro Bay KESC Palm Springs KPSC Santa Barbara KDRW Thousand Oaks KDSC

Other stations	Arcata KHSU Bakersfield KPRX Calexico KQVO Chico KCHO Coachella KVLA-FM Crescent City KHSR Fresno KVPR North Highlands KQEI-FM Northridge KCSN Pasadena KPCC Philo KZYX Redding KFPR Redlands KUOR-FM San Ardo KNBX San Bernardino KVCR San Diego KPBS-FM San Diego KSDS San Francisco KALW San Francisco KQED-FM San Luis Obispo KCBX San Mateo KCSM Santa Barbara KSBX Santa Cruz KUSP Santa Rosa KRCB-FM Seaside KAZU Tahoe City KKTO Thousand Oaks KCLU Thousand Oaks KCLU-FM Willits KZYZ

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California

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