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In October 1963, KUNR in Reno first went on the air. It had a booming 10 watts of power at 88.1 on the dial and covered a radius of 13 miles. The station was located on the Reno campus with five students playing music from folk to classical. President Johnson had not evened signed the Public Broadcasting Act (1967).
In 1969 KUNR increased to 1,000 watts and in 1981 it became an NPR affiliate. Now at 88.7 KUNR is a full-time NPR affiliate carrying news, information, and classical music. The details of the 50 years of KUNR history is detailed in a nice piece written by Susan Skorupa in the Reno Gazette-Journal.
