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August 11, 2006

KUGS: Still Rockin’ Around The Clock

Oliver, the current Promotions Director at 89.3 KUGS-FM ("The mighty almost-ninety"), got sent a link to my post about the KUGS Internet Broadcasting project back in ’94 – ’95. So he dropped me a note (and for the record, I love e-mails like this):

As you might know, we stopped webcasting for a while because of ridiculous regulations, but you'll be happy to know that we're back on the web, streaming live! This is actually my third year on KUGS staff, and myself and a core group of staff members have been really pushing for this. It finally paid off last spring, and now we're back to being golden. From the reports we're seeing people listening all over the world in some real surprising places.

I’ve been listening to KUGS over the Internet for the past couple days, and I have to say: I really like it. The station’s playing some great stuff, and it’s excellent to have on at work.

I dropped Keith Boyd (former Program Director during my tenure, now a fellow Microsoftie) a quick note to let him know that the station’s available, and he replied:

That's great to hear... I was also stunned when I discovered that Comcast Digital channel 981 was KUGS -- talk about reach. When we were there they had a 100 watt transmitter and CU-SeeMe... Now they have a 1000 watt transmitter, dedicated internet bandwidth, and they're being fed into every digital cable home in Puget Sound... Definitely impressive.

I totally agree. Nice work, KUGS-ers! You’re making the old guard proud.

Be sure to check out the KUGS site, their MySpace page, or listen to the stream live (Windows Media required).

Posted by Gavin Shearer at August 11, 2006 8:25 AM. Posted to Cool.

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