Broadcast area Central Valley HAAT 58 meters Facility ID 69345 Frequency 90.3 MHz Format Freeform Call sign meaning DaViS | ERP 13,000 watts Class B1 Callsign meaning DaViS City of license Davis Area Central Valley | |
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Owner University of California, Davis | ||
Uc davis student radio station kdvs
KDVS (90.3 FM) is an American student and community radio station based in Davis, California. Featuring a freeform programming format, the station is owned by Regents of the University of California. Broadcasting at 13,000 watts, it is currently one of the most powerful freeform university based radio stations in the United States. With a good enough car radio the station can be heard as far east as Lake Tahoe.
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A free newsletter entitled KDViationS, written and composed by the volunteer staff of the radio station, is published quarterly. The station also produces This Week in Science which is broadcast live on the station but is known mostly in podcast form. KDVS is also the home of the public affairs programs Radio Parallax and Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour.
In the summer of 2006, KDVS started the non-profit record label KDVS Recordings to promote independent artists in the Davis and Sacramento areas.
KDVS has a long and proud history. Now famous artists passed through KDVS in their early years on their way to fame. Pavement played one of their first concerts on KDVS' "Live in Studio A." Former KDVS DJs also include DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel of Blackalicious, Steven Wynn of The Dream Syndicate, and Kendra Smith of both The Dream Syndicate and Opal.