KGHP-FM  is a student-run 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 operating on a non-commercial

Non-commercial

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 license in Gig Harbor, Washington

Gig Harbor, Washington

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. Owned by the Peninsula School District

Peninsula School District

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 #401, the station's studio is located on the campus of Peninsula High School

Peninsula High School

Peninsula High School is a public high school located in Purdy, north of the city of Gig Harbor, Washington. It is built on a hill overlooking Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon.- History :...

. With its two translators, K207AZ 89.3 and K229BL 93.7, the station's signal covers most of Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor, Washington

Gig Harbor is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,126 at the 2010 census....

, Key Peninsula

Key Peninsula

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 and portions of Tacoma

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

.

The station came on the air in 1988 and was one of three high school radio station in the state of Washington. The first manager and teacher was Don Hofmann, a former KNBQ-FM

KNBQ

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 general manager. KSTW-TV technician Max Bice was the engineer.

The multi-format station is run by students at Peninsula High School

Peninsula High School

Peninsula High School is a public high school located in Purdy, north of the city of Gig Harbor, Washington. It is built on a hill overlooking Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon.- History :...

 and Gig Harbor High School

Gig Harbor High School

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 during the day, and in the evening to night hours it is run by community volunteers. The station gives a variety of shows from the students which range from sports broadcasts to classic rock.

A variety of genres is played, including Jazz

Jazz

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, Blues

Blues

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, Reggae

Reggae

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, Roots

Roots reggae

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 & Americana

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, Classic rock

Classic rock

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 and vintage music. As the station is also an educational tool for the students, KGHP also runs news briefs and fact segments, at various times throughout the day, along with taking requests via the phone. The station also provides emergency information during power outage

Power outage

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s and severe storms, and natural disasters.