KUFM (FM)

KUFM (89.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Missoula, Montana.^[2] The station is owned by the University of Montana, and serves as the flagship station of Montana Public Radio.

KUFM

Missoula, Montana
Frequency	89.1 (MHz)
Branding	Montana Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	Montana Public Radio National Public Radio American Public Media Public Radio International
Ownership
Owner	University of Montana (University of Montana)
History
First air date	January 31st, 1965
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69239
Class	C
ERP	14,500 watts
HAAT	754 meters
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.mtpr.org

History

Montana Public Radio began on January 31, 1965, when KUFM in Missoula signed on as a 10-watt campus radio station. In 1974, it became a charter member of National Public Radio. It also has a children's corner.^[3]

Starting in the late 1970s, it began building translators across western Montana. Its first full-power satellite, in Great Falls, signed on in 1984. In 1999, a signal extension project funded mostly by a federal grant made it possible to sign on new stations in Kalispell and Hamilton and upgrade translators in Butte and Helena to full-power stations.

Translators

KUFM also utilizes three translators.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K267BJ	101.3 FM	Ferndale, Etc., Montana	64280	48	D	LMS
K218AI	91.5 FM	Rattlesnake Valley, Montana	68954	250	D	LMS
K219BN	91.7 FM	Whitefish, Montana	69227	21	D	LMS