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| Simulcast ofKWMU St. Louis | |
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| Frequency | 88.5MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio |
| Ownership | |
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| KWMU | |
| History | |
Former call signs | KMSM (1964–1974) KUMR (1974–2007) |
Call sign meaning | K Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69041 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 146 meters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kmst.org |
KMST is a radio station licensed toRolla, Missouri, and operated by theUniversity of Missouri at St. Louis as an extension ofSt. Louis Public Radio. The station broadcasts at 88.5MHzFM with aneffective radiated power of 100,000 watts, making it the most powerfulpublic radio station in south-centralMissouri.
Historically, the station's programming has consisted of several genres of music such as classical and jazz as well as several popularNational Public Radio programs such asAll Things Considered,A Prairie Home Companion,Car Talk, andMichael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? show. The station originated a weekly science talk show, titledWe're Science, which was syndicated nationwide for several years in the mid-1990s.
The station originally broadcast under the call letters KUMR, from the abbreviation of the station's home, theUniversity of Missouri–Rolla, through 2006. On January 1, 2008, the University of Missouri–Rolla changed its name toMissouri University of Science and Technology.[2] As a result, the station's originalcall sign,KUMR, was changed to KMST on July 16, 2007, as a reflection of the university's forthcoming name change.[3]
Until 2017, KMST broadcast from studios in the basement of the Curtis Laws Wilson library on the UMR/Missouri S&T campus. Effective July 1, 2017, the station (including its Lebanontranslator) was transferred to theUniversity of Missouri-St. Louis and became part of the St. Louis Public Radio network, airing the same broadcast as the St. Louis frequency.[4] The only local programming retained through the changeover was Wayne Bledsoe'sBluegrass for a Saturday Night, a local staple for many decades,[5] which continued until Bledsoe's August 2017 retirement.[6] Missouri S&T opted to end KMST's local operations after the University of Missouri system suffered a massive budget cut that led school officials to conclude KMST was no longer part of the school's "academic core."[7]
KMST was also heard inLebanon, Missouri via translator K242AN on 96.3 MHz FM, until the translator went silent in August 2020; its license was cancelled by theFederal Communications Commission on March 28, 2022.
On February 10, 2025, St. Louis Public Radio announced UMSL will be transferring the licenses for KWMU, KMST, and WQUB to Friends of KWMU, Inc.[8]
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