KUTE
Encyclopedia
KUTE is a simulcast of KSUT
's National Public Radio-affiliated station in Ignacio, Colorado
. It primarily features National Public Radio programming.
in Los Angeles
, California
, United States
, whose format history included R&B, Disco, Urban Contemporary
and Urban Adult Contemporary
.
In the 1960s the station, whose original call letters were KLYX, played middle of the road music from a transmitter and studio atop Flint Peak, just west of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The studio was later moved to Glendale, CA with the transmitter remote controlled. An AP teletype was prominent in the studio's storefront window, with a five-minute "rip and read" newscast on the hour by the duty DJ. Eventually the transmitter was moved to Mt. Wilson with greatly reduced power. By 1972, KLYX would become a R&B station under new owners Inner City Broadcasting Corporation
.
In 1978, KLYX became a Disco station and adpoted the new calls KUTE. During the late 1970s and by the early 1980s it became one of the original stations in the United States to launch a format that would later become a staple for Urban contemporary
, playing the latest Funk
, R&B and New wave
music, featuring local DJs such as "Humble Harve", Brian Roberts and "Lucky Pierre." KUTE 102 was also the starting point for many successful radio careers including veteran PD Rick Thomas who was hired in 1982 to do weekends on air by then PD Lucky Pierre. At 2:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings, KUTE 102 would host an hour of disco/dance mixes, usually pre-mixed vinyl albums specially created for DJs. KUTE 102 was one of the first radio stations to air a "mega-mix" when the "Michael Jackson Mega-Mix" debuted in the summer of 1983, hot on the heels of the enormous success of Jackson's Thriller
album earlier in the year. DJ Mario Flores later hosted a disco dance dj 12" specialty show sunday mornings from 2:00am to 3:00am featuring 15 minute disco mixes, mixed by well known dj's around the U.S. The mixes changed in 1983 when electro funk began to dominate the station.
KUTE was very successful in this format until in late 1983, when it became a template for Urban Adult Contemporary
stations today, changing its format to what is now called "The Quiet Storm
" format. KUTE 102's Urban Adult Contemporary format would last until 1987, when the station was sold to Gene Autry
's Golden West Broadcasting, who would later replace it with an eclectic Rock format.
KSUT
KSUT is a non-commercial radio station licensed to serve the community of Ignacio, Colorado, USA. The station is owned by KSUT Public Radio, a non-profit corporation, and licensed to KUTE, Inc...
's National Public Radio-affiliated station in Ignacio, Colorado
Ignacio, Colorado
The Town of Ignacio is a Statutory Town located in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The population was 669 at the 2000 census.Located within the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, the town is the capital of the Southern Ute Indian tribe. It was named for their...
. It primarily features National Public Radio programming.
History of the KUTE callsign
KUTE 102 (101.9 MHz) was an radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
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, whose format history included R&B, Disco, Urban Contemporary
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
and Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...
.
In the 1960s the station, whose original call letters were KLYX, played middle of the road music from a transmitter and studio atop Flint Peak, just west of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The studio was later moved to Glendale, CA with the transmitter remote controlled. An AP teletype was prominent in the studio's storefront window, with a five-minute "rip and read" newscast on the hour by the duty DJ. Eventually the transmitter was moved to Mt. Wilson with greatly reduced power. By 1972, KLYX would become a R&B station under new owners Inner City Broadcasting Corporation
Inner City Broadcasting Corporation
The Inner City Broadcasting Corporation is an American media company based in New York City. ICBC is notable for being one of the first broadcasting companies wholly owned by black people...
.
In 1978, KLYX became a Disco station and adpoted the new calls KUTE. During the late 1970s and by the early 1980s it became one of the original stations in the United States to launch a format that would later become a staple for Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
, playing the latest Funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, R&B and New wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
music, featuring local DJs such as "Humble Harve", Brian Roberts and "Lucky Pierre." KUTE 102 was also the starting point for many successful radio careers including veteran PD Rick Thomas who was hired in 1982 to do weekends on air by then PD Lucky Pierre. At 2:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings, KUTE 102 would host an hour of disco/dance mixes, usually pre-mixed vinyl albums specially created for DJs. KUTE 102 was one of the first radio stations to air a "mega-mix" when the "Michael Jackson Mega-Mix" debuted in the summer of 1983, hot on the heels of the enormous success of Jackson's Thriller
Thriller (album)
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall...
album earlier in the year. DJ Mario Flores later hosted a disco dance dj 12" specialty show sunday mornings from 2:00am to 3:00am featuring 15 minute disco mixes, mixed by well known dj's around the U.S. The mixes changed in 1983 when electro funk began to dominate the station.
KUTE was very successful in this format until in late 1983, when it became a template for Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...
stations today, changing its format to what is now called "The Quiet Storm
Quiet storm
Quiet storm is a late-night radio format, featuring soulful slow jams, pioneered in the mid-1970s by then-station-intern Melvin Lindsey at WHUR-FM, in Washington, D.C. Smokey Robinson's like-titled hit single, released in 1975 as the title track to his third solo album, lent its name to the format...
" format. KUTE 102's Urban Adult Contemporary format would last until 1987, when the station was sold to Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
's Golden West Broadcasting, who would later replace it with an eclectic Rock format.