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Public radio network in central Kansas, United States
KHCC-FM/KHCD/KHCT
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Broadcast area
| KHCC
:
Wichita, Kansas
KHCD
:
Salina, Kansas
KHCT
:
Great Bend, Kansas
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Frequency
| KHCC
: 90.1
MHz
(
HD Radio
)
KHCD
: 89.5
MHz
(
HD Radio
)
KHCT
: 90.9
MHz
(
HD Radio
)
|
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Branding
| Radio Kansas
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Format
| FM/HD1:
Public radio
,
Classical music
HD2:
Folk
/
bluegrass
"New Grass Valley"
HD3: Instrumental music "The Breeze"
HD4:
Jazz
"Radio Kansas Jazz"
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Affiliations
| American Public Media
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Owner
| Hutchinson Community College
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First air date
| KHCC
: September 11, 1972
KHCD
: January 28, 1988
KHCT
: August 3, 1992
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|
Facility ID
| KHCC
: 28158
KHCD
: 28156
KHCT
: 28157
|
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Class
| KHCC
: C0
KHCD
: C1
KHCT
: C1
|
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ERP
| KHCC
: 100,000
watts
KHCD
: 100,000 watts
KHCT
: 50,000 watts
|
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HAAT
| KHCC
: 395 meters
KHCD
: 275 meters
KHCT
: 238 meters
|
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Transmitter coordinates
| KHCC
:
38°3′22.00″N
97°44′43.00″W
/
38.0561111°N 97.7452778°W
/
38.0561111; -97.7452778
KHCD
:
39°6′16.00″N
97°23′15.00″W
/
39.1044444°N 97.3875000°W
/
39.1044444; -97.3875000
KHCT
:
38°37′4.00″N
98°56′32.00″W
/
38.6177778°N 98.9422222°W
/
38.6177778; -98.9422222
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Webcast
| Listen Live (FM/HD1)
Listen Live (HD2)
Listen Live (HD3)
Listen Live (HD4)
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Website
| https://radiokansas.com
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Radio Kansas
is a network of
public radio
stations serving central
Kansas
. The network is based at
Hutchinson Community College
in
Hutchinson
. It comprises flagship
KHCC-FM
(90.1
FM
in Hutchinson, also serving
Wichita
) and two full-time satellites,
KHCD
(89.5 FM) in
Salina
and
KHCT
(90.9 FM) in
Great Bend
.
[1]
[2]
The three stations air a mix of
classical music
and
American Public Media
programming including
BBC
news.
History
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The flagship station, KHCC, was licensed July 14, 1972 and first signed on air September 11, 1972 as an 80-watt student station operated by what was then Hutchinson Junior Community College. In 1978, HJCC hired its first professional station manager, David Horning, as part of an effort to upgrade the station to an NPR member. On July 1, 1979, KHCC increased power to a full 100,000 watts and joined NPR, becoming Kansas' third full NPR member. This also made Wichita one of the smallest markets with two competing NPR member stations. KHCC brought NPR programming to several Wichita suburbs who, at the time, got only a marginal signal from the market's other NPR member,
KMUW
; that station would not upgrade to full power until 1987.
KHCD was added on January 28, 1988, followed by KHCT on August 3, 1992. More or less out of necessity, when KHCT signed on, KHCC rebranded itself as "Radio Kansas." Radio Kansas now serves a broadcast area with over one million, with a combined footprint covering most of the densely populated area of central Kansas.
Radio Kansas began broadcasting in the
HD Radio
format in 2006, one of the first NPR members to do so. In 2012, it signed on three additional HD streams on all three stations. HD2 ("New Grass Valley") is a full-time
folk
and
bluegrass
station, HD3 airs contemporary instrumental music ("The Breeze") and HD4 airs
jazz
("Radio Kansas Jazz").
References
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