KWXL-LP is a high school radio

High school radio

High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...

 station broadcasting

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

 a variety format. Licensed to Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

, USA, the station serves the Tucson area. The station is currently owned by the Tucson Unified School District

Tucson Unified School District

Tucson Unified School District is the largest school district of Tucson, Arizona in terms of enrollment. As of 2006 TUSD has more than 60,000 students and approximately 3,700 faculty members....

. KWXL-LP is Tucson's only high school radio station. It is also a news radio station for students who attend Pueblo High Magnet School. Students broadcasting over the radio station are enrolled in a "Writing/Reporting for Broadcasting" class with instructor Tara Bulleigh. KWXL was originally started by Douglas Potter, who retired in 2006. Listeners can also find FM 98.7, KWXL on iTunes.

External links

• KWXL-LP official website