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c89.5 serves over 150,000 weekly listeners in the Puget Sound region. The station is almost entirely self-funded with 80% of operating revenue coming from listeners donations and local business support. June Fox told us that the day maybe typical but nothing is ever the same from day to day from fundraising to interacting with students and the school. June moved to Seattle for the job. The station if often referred to as the Farm Team for careers in local broadcasting. June joined the station in September 2015. Previous jobs were in Great Falls, VA; Manager of Development at a station in Norman, OK and prior to that as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Oklahoma. She earned her BS degree in Broadcast Journalism and BA in Radio, Television & Film from the University of Maryland. A brief history of c89.5: In June 1970, an application was filed with the FCC to establish an FM signal on 89.5 MHz. After construction and test broadcasts were complete, a 10 watt license was granted on Feb 01, 1971. Throughout the 1970's and 80's, the station increased its broadcast area. In the 1990's KNHC renovated the studio and production facilities, started a student training program, launched its first website and in 1997 began operating a digital music stream from its studios. In 2003, the Village Voice recognized KNHC as the "Best of New York" high school radio station thanks to its internet streaming and the following year became the first non-commercial station in the United States to join the Billboard Magazine Dance Radio Airplay panel. In 2009, KNHC moved into its new studio at Nathan Hale High School. In 2015, KNHC qualified for an annual Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting underscoring the value of their services to the community. Since then, that station has continued to improve its radio and online service and to play the best dance music on the planet.
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