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KOHM (89.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a public radio format in Lubbock, Texas, U.S., The station is owned by Texas Tech University and features classical and jazz music and programming from National Public Radio. KOHM was the first radio station in Lubbock to broadcast in HD.^[1]

History (from KOHM website)

Lubbock Independent School District is issued a license from the FCC to operate an educational FM radio station. The station is part of the district's electronics program. It is moved between various schools in Lubbock, depending on where the electronics program is housed that particular year. According to popular lore, the station call letters were originally KLSD for Lubbock School District, but the school board had issues with those call letters so a change is made. The new call letters KOHM are chosen as that reflects the station’s tie to the electronics program. KOHM actually has a meaning to it – an ohm is the basic unit measuring electrical resistance, and the “K” is the metric prefix denoting the quantity of 1,000 or “Kilo”. Thus 1,000 ohms is a “kilo-ohm” or “KOHM”. Budget cuts, increased maintenance costs and the district's emphasis on television force the station into disrepair. By the mid 1980s, LISD was in the process of surrendering KOHM’s broadcast license back to the FCC. [1]

The station signed on air in 1973 with its original KLSD call letters for "Lubbock Independent School" district. Power was 10 watts. (yearbook scanned and available for research and historical reference).

References

External links

• KOHM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KOHM
• Radio Locator information on KOHM
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KOHM

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