KUNI
Signal Outages:
5/15/08: KUNI 90.9 FM will be off the air during the day
beginning Friday, May 16 through Friday, May 23 for tower repairs
and equipment replacement. This affects not only the KUNI coverage area (Cedar Falls/Waterloo/Cedar Rapids/Iowa City) but
the KUNI-fed stations in Mitchellville, Des Moines, Dubuque and the
Quad Cities. A major portion of our FM news service is unavailable
in central and eastern Iowa as a result. During this maintenance
period, you can still hear KUNI's
programming online via its live web stream. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
2008
Wine & Tulips
posters available now!
Posters from this year’s celebration on Saturday, May 3
are now available for online purchase.
This year's poster from Gary Kelley is entitled "Picnic with
Courbet."
Purchase Wine & Tulips poster (click
thumbnail for larger image).
IPR Ottumwa Station Launch Delayed
The official launch of KDWI 89.1 FM in Ottumwa has been
delayed due to technical issues. KDWI is operational but has not
received final FCC approval. Once the station was up and running, we
were able to test it and discovered that it doesn't deliver 100% of
the coverage area we originally projected. We are now working on a
technical adjustment that will expand the coverage area by
approximately 4% and enable the FCC to give us that final approval
so we can begin broadcasting. We are confident that we'll be able to
make the necessary technical adjustments in the next few months and
begin broadcasting on the second station serving Ottumwa, Oskaloosa
and Fairfield. We are required by the FCC to have this second
station on the air by June 2010.
Read
original press release.
New Talk Show Debuts on IPR News
Network:
Iowa Public Radio introduced a new local talk show on the News
network called Talk@12, hosted by
Katherine Perkins. This show has grown out of two programs that
preceded it on AM 640 in central Iowa: Talk of Iowa and
Midday. Many of the segments
from Talk of Iowa and Midday will be integrated into
the new program: Doug Cooper’s agri-business analysis, the knowledge
of ISU Extension experts, listener favorites like the Horticulture
Gang, Jim Pease, Steffen Schmidt and Climatologist Elwynn Taylor.
And we’re very happy that, for the first time, these experts and
guests will now be available to our listeners statewide. Talk@12 airs weekdays at noon on the IPR News network.
Read more.
Check
out Iowa Public Radio's blog for the inside scoop
about what's going on at Iowa's statewide public radio network. Catch up on the latest news and talk back to us.
KUNI
CD of
the Month!
Check out our featured CD of the Month for
KUNI's "Night Music," and KUNI's "Folk Music"
for May 2008.
CDs OF THE MONTH:
Elbow - "The Seldom Seen Kid"
Eliza Gilkyson - "Beautiful World"
KUNI's
Live from Studio One
KUNI presents "Live from Studio One" each
Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. with your host Karen Impola. Each show is staged in
our third floor studios in the Communication Arts Center on the University of
Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls. Check out our upcoming show calendar for
May!
IOWA MUSICIANS!
Down on the Corner, KUNI's weekly spotlight of local and
regional artists (Fri. 9-11 p.m.) is always looking to add new local
and
regional music to our library. If you are from our broadcast region and
you have songs without the seven nasty words that we could lose our
license for airing, we want to play your music. We play any style from
Polka to Punk, Blues to Speed Metal, Folk to Funk. We play from
cassette tape, compact disc, CDR, digital audio tape, and vinyl. Send your music to:
Down on the Corner;
KUNI 90.9 FM;
3rd Floor, CAC;
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
KUNI STAFF ACCOLADES:
KUNI/IPR Wins Prestigious News Awards
Iowa Public Radio News took home a number of awards the weekend
of May 2 from the 2007 Iowa Broadcast News Association (IBNA) and
Iowa Associated Press (AP) contests in ceremonies at the 5 Sullivan
Brothers Convention Center in
Waterloo. Iowa Public Radio News is also the
recipient of two 2008 Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards from the
Radio-Television News Director Association for News Documentary
("Iowa/New Hampshire Exchange" in collaboration with NHPR) and News
Series ("Iowa Archives" by Rick
Fredericksen).
Click for full details.
Iowa Public Radio News has won thirteen awards from the Northwest
Broadcast News Association (NBNA).
Click for full details.
Thank Them for Supporting Us!
We want to express our sincerest thanks to the
local businesses and institutions that financially support KUNI. Check our
list of Underwriters, help us thank them on
your next visit, and find out how your business can become involved!
Please
feel free to send us your questions, comments or concerns:
Or, try our comment line: 800-772-2440 or 319-273-6400, then press 4. Some
questions may be answered in our
Frequently Asked Questions area.
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JOB ALERT:
IPR
Membership Manager
Emerging
IPR Statewide Network
KUNI and KHKE are
joining the stations listed below in the creation of a new statewide
public radio service, Iowa Public Radio. You are invited to visit their websites.
WSUI AM 910,
KSUI 91.7 FM
Iowa City
The University of Iowa
WSUI Station website
KSUI Station website
WOI Radio Group,
AM 640 and 90.1 FM
Ames/Des Moines
Iowa State University
WOI Station website
The public is invited to attend meetings for
organizations that have a decision-making impact on the stations of
Iowa Public Radio. Information about these organizations and their
meetings is available at
www.iowapublicradio.org.
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