KMRE-LP
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KMRE-LP is a radio station
broadcasting historical, educational, cultural and local programming. The station is licensed to, and broadcast from the American Museum of Radio And Electricity
in Bellingham, Washington
.
KMRE-LP focuses on showcasing The American Museum of Radio and Electricity’s vast and diverse media collection featuring music from the earliest sound recordings in 1888 through the late 1940s, emphasizing the Golden Age of Radio
and music which is rarely heard elsewhere. The station is also geared toward cultivating local programming that provides educational, cultural and historical value to its listeners. KMRE also welcomes participation from anyone in the community, and promotes freedom of creativity amongst its staff, talent and volunteers.
The FCC granted KMRE-LP its license on July 19, 2006.
Radio 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...
broadcasting historical, educational, cultural and local programming. The station is licensed to, and broadcast from the American Museum of Radio And Electricity
American Museum of Radio and Electricity
The American Museum of Radio and Electricity is an interactive museum located in Bellingham, Washington, which offers educational experiences for audiences of all ages through galleries and public programs that illustrate the development and use of electricity, radio and the related inventions that...
in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
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KMRE-LP focuses on showcasing The American Museum of Radio and Electricity’s vast and diverse media collection featuring music from the earliest sound recordings in 1888 through the late 1940s, emphasizing the Golden Age of Radio
Old-time radio
Old-Time Radio and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of radio programming in the United States lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the primary home entertainment medium in the 1950s...
and music which is rarely heard elsewhere. The station is also geared toward cultivating local programming that provides educational, cultural and historical value to its listeners. KMRE also welcomes participation from anyone in the community, and promotes freedom of creativity amongst its staff, talent and volunteers.
The FCC granted KMRE-LP its license on July 19, 2006.