KUNV
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| City | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas Valley |
| Branding | KUNV 91.5 |
| Slogan | Your Source For... |
| Frequency | 91.5 (MHz)(also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1981 |
| Format | Jazz |
| ERP | 15,000 watts |
| HAAT | 335 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | University of NeVada |
| Owner | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Website | kunv.org |
KUNV is a non-commercial, jazz-oriented campus radio station in Paradise, Nevada, broadcasting on 91.5 FM broadcasting from Greenspun Hall on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
KUNV signed on the air on April 23, 1981 airing a variety of music programmed by the students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Two well-known long-running programs were "The Rock Avenue" and "Jazz Progressions." Late at night and on the weekends, various two-hour weekly specialty shows also ran for many years highlighting new releases and old favorites in reggae, blues, industrial music, ambient music, rap and hip-hop, underground heavy metal, punk rock and other forms of music that did not get any other airplay in Las Vegas outside of KUNV.
Originally, "campus radio" was heard only in the original Moyer Student Union Building (MSU) on closed circuit. The manpower was provided by a student run organization known as the UNLV Radio Club sponsored by an approved advisor from professional radio. The club office was a 6'x18' office on the little-known third floor of MSU. The only neighbor on the third floor of MSU was the UNLV newspaper, The Runnin' Rebel YELL. From '76 to '79, that studio was provided by the Communication Studies department in the Humanities Building. Although the official licensee of KUNV is the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), funding and administrative control of the station was provided by the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada (CSUN), the student government at UNLV. The Radio Club, a student committee under the aegis of CSUN, handled the call sign search, applied for the construction permit, developed a training plan, and established the initial program design committee. The radio club hired the first KUNV General Manager, John Wennstrom, through funding provided by CSUN, who reported to the Dean of Students. Previously, two radio advisers helped reach important milestones: Tim McRoberts helped guide the legal aspects of the FCC approval and Tommy Walker helped appropriate budget and financial responsibilities. Both were instrumental in raising student awareness, organizing the CSUN government support, and beginning to train air talent. Eventually the Radio Club became an official CSUN committee called the Radio Board, whose chairman was a UNLV Student, and whose members consisted of 3 additional students, a representative appointed by the Dean of Students, a representative from the Communications Studies Department, and a representative from the University information technology Department. CSUN provided funding and retained administrative control of the station until the mid-1990s, when the station changed its weekday format from its mixture of diverse offerings of alternative rock, jazz, Spanish language, specialty music, and public affairs programs, to a format that was primarily jazz only. Weekend diversity remained mostly untouched. At the same time, on-air staffing at the station, which consisted primarily of student and community volunteers, shifted to a mix of professional staff, community volunteers, and nationally syndicated programming provided by National Public Radio.
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