Radio KEOL

KEOL (91.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting from Eastern Oregon University (EOU) in La Grande, Oregon. KEOL currently operates at 91.7 MHz, with an operating power of 100 watts.This section does not cite any references or sources.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008)KEOL first took the air in September 1973 as KEOC-FM. The station originally broadcast on a frequency of 91.1 MHz, with 10 watts of power from a Gates tube-fired transmitter.KEOL was conceived in early 1967, when two employees of what was then known as Eastern Oregon College envisioned a campus FM radio station offering classical and jazz music -- genres not readily available on local radio at that time. A February 1967 letter between the two employees, proposing creation of such a station and applying to the Federal Communications Commission for the necessary licenses, may be found in KEOL's public files.KEOL was first located in the newly-completed Hoke College Center, before moving to the Walter M. Pierce Library in 1976. A second move later placed KEOL in its present location, a two-story bungalow just north of the Pierce Library complex.