broadcast area university of northern iowa surrounding area branding the kult slogan everything uni frequency 94.5 mhz first air date 2003 present format alternative erp 100 watts haat 28.7 meters 94 ft class l1 facility id 134585 transmitter coordinates 42 30 50.00 n 92 27 30.00 w 42.5138889 n 92.4583333 w 42.5138889 ; 92.4583333 coordinates 42 30 50.00 n 92 27 30.00 w 42.5138889 n 92.4583333 w 42.5138889 ; 92.4583333 affiliations university of northern iowa owner board of control for student broadcasting webcast listen live website uni.edu kult kult lp 94.5 fm the kult is a college radio station broadcasting an alternative rock radio format . 1 licensed to cedar falls iowa united states the station serves the university of northern iowa area . the station is currently owned by the board of control for student broadcasting . 2 history of station edit 1955 the student radio station started out on the 3rd floor in the old aud building now lang hall at kytc know your teachers college uni was then iowa state teachers college . content includes live dramas concert music and news . 1957 kytc was moved to a world war i barracks building annex that was located between sabin hall and the library . 1964 kytc moves to an old house south of baker hall that once served as the infirmary . 1969 ktyc moves to the new maucker union gets news audio equipment and operates as a carrier current station on campus . 1974 becomes kcrs campus radio service 970 am carier current . known by 1978 as kc 97 the album station . early 1990s now known as kgrk the gerk and carried as audio on campus cable channel 5 in addition to carrier current . 1996 station gets a web page . by this point 80 100 students participate at the station as djs sports and news broadcasters each term . 1998 kgrk begins web streaming . 2001 kgrk begins a low power less than 1 watt am broadcast from antenna on top of schindler hall . the signal reaches only the campus area per fcc requirements . june 2001 station faculty advisor chris martin associate professor of communication studies and the board of control for student broadcasting apply for one of the new 100 watt low power fm licenses offered by the fcc . october 10 2002 the fcc grants an 18 month construction permit for the station to get on the air . the station also secures the new call sign kult lp the kult as selected from a list of available call signs by the station s student managers . some available call signs that didn t make the cut konk our runner up kwan kipi kizi kiky klop kbaa kimu kyru . february 2003 northern iowa student government approves a proposal from general manager lee farquhar and advisor chris martin for about 12 500 in special funds from the northern iowa student government . october 17 2003 with the major planning design and testing by broadcast engineer walt alliss with additional work by department of communication studies engineer ken paschke its and the physical plant and a group of students including new general manager kevin hamilton kult lp 94.5 fm goes on the air months in advance of the construction permit expiration . kult is the first lpfm on the air in iowa and serves as a community station for uni students and the surrounding community . its 100 watt signal contour carries from an antenna on top of schindler hall to cover cedar falls north to janesville south to hudson east to waterloo crossroads and west to dike . 2005 50th anniversary still the one and only student radio station at uni . 2009 kult launches its new website and starts online streaming of the broadcasts . references edit station information profile . arbitron . winter 2010 . retrieved 2010 02 14 . kult lp facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved 2010 02 14 . external links edit official website facebook page kult twitter feed query the fcc s fm station database for kult radio locator information on kult lp query nielsen audio s fm station database for kult v t e radio stations in the waterloo cedar falls iowa market by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.5 90.9 92.3 93.5 94.5 97.7 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 101.9 102.9 105.7 107.3 107.9 by am frequency 600 640 950 1040 1090 1250 1330 1470 1540 1650 by callsign k259av k297bs kbol lp kbbg kcfi kcnz kcrr kcvm kfmw khke kkhq fm knws knws fm koel koel fm kokz kpty kult lp kuni kway kway fm kwvi kxel kzia who woi wmt defunct kxgm 850 am nearby radio markets cedar rapids iowa city des moines ames dubuque ft. dodge la crosse mason city rochester quad cities see also list of radio stations in iowa v t e iowa college radio stations stations kbvu fm buena vista university kcui central university of iowa kdic grinnell college kdps grand view college kdra lp drake university kicb iowa central community college kigc william penn college kmsc morningside college krnl fm cornell college krui fm university of iowa kstm simpson college kult lp university of northern iowa kure iowa state university kwar wartburg college kwlc luther 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