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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KUOI-FM
| city             = [[Moscow, Idaho]], U.S.
| logo             = {{Location map|USA<!-- West-->#Idaho
|relief     = 1
|label      = Moscow
|position   = 
|lat        = 46.7288
|long       = -117.0073
|caption    = Location in the <!--[[Western United States|western]]-->[[United States]]##Location in [[Idaho]]
|marksize   = 7
|float      = center
|border     = infobox
|width      = 230
}}
| area             = The [[Palouse]]<br>[[North Central Idaho]]
| branding         = KUOI FM Moscow
| airdate          = November 12, 1945<br>({{Time ago|1945|11|12}})
| frequency        = 89.3 [[Megahertz|MHz]]<br>(1968–present)<br>660 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] (1947–1968)<br>655 kHz (1945–1947)
| format           = [[Campus radio|College radio]]
| erp              = 400 [[watt]]s
| haat             = -35 meters
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 69362
| owner            = Associated Students of the [[University of Idaho]] (ASUI)
| website          = [http://www.kuoi.org/ kuoi.org]
| callsign_meaning = '''U'''niversity&nbsp;'''O'''f&nbsp;'''I'''daho
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KUOI-FM''' (89.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[freeform radio|freeform]], [[campus radio|college radio]] station in the [[Western United States|western]] [[United States]] at the [[University of Idaho]] in [[Moscow, Idaho]]. It&nbsp;broadcasts in Moscow, the neighboring city [[Pullman, Washington]], and in other townships on the [[Palouse]]. KUOI&nbsp;is headquartered on the third floor of the Bruce Pitman Center (the former [[Student activity center|Student Union Building]]) at Sixth and Deakin streets, on the northeast edge of&nbsp;campus.

The station began operating {{Time ago|1945}} in 1945,<ref name=nwndbttr>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/2296?_ga=2.163262654.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Radio club plans new and better radio programs |date=November 15, 1945 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=talcall>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/2300?_ga=2.238747010.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Talent call issued for programs over KUOI |date=November 21, 1945 |page=1}}</ref> and began FM programming 23 years later in 1968, officially starting on Sunday, November 17.<ref name=kobg>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/3396?_ga=2.198873901.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |agency=(University of Idaho)|last=Seale |first=Larry |title=KUOI officially begins FM programming on Sunday |date=November 15, 1968 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=nowbrd>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/3406?_ga=2.128094990.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=KUOI now broadcasting FM to Moscow, Pullman |date=November 19, 1968 |page=1}}</ref>

Starting on the [[AM broadcasting|AM]] dial in 1945 at 655&nbsp;kHz with a two-[[watt]] [[transmitter]], it moved to 660 in 1947 at five watts; with the move to FM, it went to ten watts in 1968 at 89.3&nbsp;MHz.<ref name=stlchfg>{{cite web|url=https://media.kuoi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Fall-1995.pdf |work=KUOI: In Cue |last=Marone |first=Erik |title=Still chafing after all these years |date=Fall 1995 |pages=18–21}}</ref> It boosted up to fifty watts and stereo in 1977,<ref name=stalkg>{{cite news|url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/3824?_ga=2.135983539.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542|work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |agency=(University of Idaho) |last=Loftus |first=Bill |title=KUOI: stalking number one spot in student radio  |date=January 11, 1977 |page=8}}</ref><ref name="bsttwrfif">{{cite news |date=January 14, 1977 |title=KUOI tower erection will boost transmission |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/3825?_ga=2.158478776.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112212/https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/3825?_ga=2.158478776.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |archive-date=September 27, 2017 |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |page=12 |agency=(University of Idaho)}}</ref>  and to 400 watts in January 1995.<ref name=stlchfg/><ref name=kfgapbst>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/9958?_ga=2.128620302.343941606.1506404953-374550616.1499903542 |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=(Moscow) |agency=(University of Idaho) |last=Casey |first=Dawn |title=KUOI finally gets a power boost |date=January 17, 1995 |page=1}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Campus radio]]
* [[KZUU]], [[Washington State University]], Pullman
* [[List of college radio stations in the United States]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kuoi.org/ KUOI-FM official website]
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69362|KUOI-FM}}
*{{FMARB|KUOI}}

{{University of Idaho}}
{{Pullman-Moscow Radio}}
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[[Category:Radio stations in Idaho|UOI-FM]]
[[Category:College radio stations in Idaho|UOI-FM]]
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[[Category:1945 establishments in Idaho]]


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