KAUG explained

KAUG
City:Anchorage, Alaska
Airdate:2007
Last Airdate:February 2, 2022
Frequency:89.9 MHz
Format:Defunct (was Variety)
Erp:4 watts
Haat:30 meters (98 feet)
Class:D
Facility Id:165582
Coordinates:61.4092°N -149.4208°W
Callsign Meaning:A reference to Augie Hiebert, who assisted in putting the station on the air
Owner:Anchorage School District
Licensing Authority:FCC

KAUG (89.9 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska. The station was last owned by the Anchorage School District.[1] It aired a variety format.[2]

The station was assigned the KAUG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 7, 2007.[3] The FCC cancelled the station's license and deleted its call sign on February 2, 2022 for failure to file an application for license renewal.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Partnership Press . Communications classroom named in honor of Augie Hiebert . Anchorage School District . PDF . Winter 2007–2008 . 2 . Mirror Lake Middle School has acknowledged broadcast pioneer Augie Hiebert's legacy by renaming its communications room "The Augie Hiebert Communications Studio." Mr. Hiebert was the school's mentor for its Video News program and helped launch the first radio station in the ASD. The station, with the call letters KAUG, is also the first FM radio station licensed to a middle school in the nation..
  2. Web site: Station Information Profile . Arbitron . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ . 2010-03-01 .
  3. Web site: Call Sign History . FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.