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The LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting is KUHF's home
KUHF is a public radio station serving Houston, Texas. It operates on a frequency of 88.7 megahertz on the FM dial. It is licensed to the University of Houston. It shares broadcast facilities with KUHT, Houston's PBS television station.
KUHF first began airing programs on November 6, 1950 at the 91.3 megahertz frequency. Broadcasting at 9,600 watts, the station was operated by student volunteers. The station increased its signal strength to 12,000 watts in 1969. In the following year, the station began broadcasting at 88.7 megahertz, in order to reduce interference with KLYX (now KMJQ). The station finally began broadcasting at 100,000 watts in 1979, after receiving a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This grant also allowed the station to hire a professional staff, as well as become a National Public Radio member station.
KUHF's original format was classic jazz. In 1986 local classical music station KLEF changed its format and donated its 12,000+ disc library of music to KUHF, with the proviso that KUHF change its format to classical music. The current format consists primarily of classical music and news programming from National Public Radio and American Public Media. In addition, it airs many public radio staples, such as Car Talk and A Prairie Home Companion.
KUHF relaunched its website in March 2008, and now offers new listening options, such as All Things Considered, Morning Edition, The Front Row, and Marketplace available with local content included, one of only two stations to offer such an option.
As of March 2008, a mobile site with news and weather is available at www.kuhf.org/mobile
In September 2006, KUHF began broadcasting in HD Radio offering three channels of programming: channel one offers the same programming as is heard on its traditional signal while channel two offers classical music during times the other channel is playing news and informational programming and vice-versa. HD Channel 3 carries AHORA, Spanish language programming from Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
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