  kups (90.1 fm) is a non-commercial college radio station in tacoma, washington located at 90.1&nbsp;mhz fm. kups began operations in 1968 as an experiment in closed-circuit am broadcasting. at that time, the station was available only in buildings on the campus of the university of puget sound. today, kups broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the greater tacoma area on 90.1fm and to the rest of the world online. the station is administered by the associated students of the university of puget sound, and is run by over 120 student volunteers and paid staff members. kups features many shows, such as dj pomosexual's "the schopen-hour," and many genres, including but not limited to: alternative, loud rock, hip-hop, electronic, and jazz programs with listeners in the tacoma, washington ==history== additional information on the 1968 carrier current station for kups can be found at www.engineer-exchange.com in 1975, kups moved from being a carrier current am station to a 10 watt fm station.kups dj handbook in 1983, the federal communications commission (fcc) declared that the minimum operating power for a station be at least 100 watts. kups increased its output to 100 watts. in 1999, kups began streaming its programming on the internet through a third party website. in 2001, the kups studios were remodeled. the studios are located in wheelock student center on the university of puget sound campus. in 2002, kups started streaming its programming on the internet via its website, www.kups.net. ==awards== in 2004, kups dj david conger was recognized by collegiate broadcasters inc. (cbi) as one of the nations best dj's as one of four finalists in the best dj category of the 2004 cbi national production awards.tacoma news tribune, january 2, 2005 in 2005, kups was named by the princeton review as one of the best college radio stations in the country (#12). then-music director china bialos was nominated as ââmusic director of the yearââ by cmj.cmj, 
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