KUFM (89.1 FM) is a

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licensed to

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. The station is owned by the

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, and serves as the flagship station of

Montana Public Radio Montana Public Radio is a network of public radio stations serving the U.S. state of Montana, primarily the western part of the state. The network is currently owned by the University of Montana, and its studios are located on the university cam ...

History

Montana Public Radio began on January 31, 1965, when KUFM in Missoula signed on as a 10-watt

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station. In 1974, it became a charter member of

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. 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

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and Helena to full-power stations.

Translators

KUFM also utilizes four translators.

External links

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