KUYI
Public radio station in Keams Canyon, Arizona
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::summary Public radio station in Keams Canyon, Arizona ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KUYI |
| logo | KUYI Hopi Radio logo.png |
| city | Keams Canyon, Arizona |
| area | Hopi Tribe |
| branding | Hopi Radio |
| airdate | December 20, 2000 |
| frequency | 88.1 (MHz) |
| format | Native American/Public Radio |
| erp | 69,000 Watts |
| haat | 124 meters (601 feet) |
| class | C1 |
| coordinates | |
| callsign_meaning | KUYI = "Water" in the Hopi Language |
| owner | The Hopi Foundation |
| licensee | The Hopi Foundation |
| webcast | Listen Live |
| website | KUYI Hopi Radio |
| affiliations | Native Public Media |
| Native Voice One | |
| National Public Radio | |
| licensing_authority | FCC |
| :: |
| name = KUYI | logo = KUYI Hopi Radio logo.png | city = Keams Canyon, Arizona | area = Hopi Tribe | branding = Hopi Radio | airdate = December 20, 2000 | frequency = 88.1 (MHz) | format = Native American/Public Radio | erp = 69,000 Watts | haat = 124 meters (601 feet) | class = C1 | facility_id = | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = KUYI = "Water" in the Hopi Language | former_callsigns = | owner = The Hopi Foundation | licensee = The Hopi Foundation | sister_stations = | webcast = Listen Live | website = KUYI Hopi Radio | affiliations = Native Public Media Native Voice One National Public Radio | licensing_authority= FCC
KUYI 88.1 FM, is a Native American Public Radio station in Keams Canyon, Arizona. The station, founded in 2000, primarily features locally produced programming for the Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo Native American tribal residents, surrounding communities in Northern Arizona, the Four Corners areas and streaming worldwide.{{Cite web | title = Shooting Stars Hopi Lavayi Radio Project - KUYI | work = kuyi.net | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | url = http://www.kuyi.net/education/shooting-stars/sshlp | archive-date = November 14, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114112057/http://www.kuyi.net/education/shooting-stars/sshlp | url-status = dead | last = Jesse Hardman, Maura R. O'Connor | title = Tribal Radio | work = Transom.org, a Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | date = 2009-06-19 | url = http://transom.org/?p=3327
As of August 2012, KUYI was broadcasting to an audience estimated at 9,000 people. Its programs include a junior and senior high school class that broadcasts in Hopi, a morning Sunday show aimed at small children, and cultural discussions for adults that are held according to the lunar calendar, in keeping with Hopi tradition.{{Cite news | last = Alexis Hauk | title = Radio Free Cherokee: Endangered Languages Take to the Airwaves | work = The Atlantic | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | date = 2012-08-15 | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/08/radio-free-cherokee-endangered-languages-take-to-the-airwaves/261165/
The station's name, Kuyi, is also the Hopi word for "water."{{Cite web | last = Laurel Morales | title = Radio Essential To Tribes | work = Fronteras Desk | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | date = 2012-02-24 | url = http://www.fronterasdesk.org/news/2012/feb/23/radio-essential-tribes/ | archive-date = March 27, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327203255/http://www.fronterasdesk.org/news/2012/feb/23/radio-essential-tribes/ | url-status = dead
As of 2009, all programs were produced by Hopi tribal members.{{Cite web | title = Radio Provides Vital Information To Rural Tribes | work = NPR | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | date = 2009-07-19 | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106733350&ft=1&f=1001 |last=Michelle Tirado |title=More Native American Radio Stations Broadcast Via the Web |work=Yahoo! Voices |accessdate=2012-11-27 |date=2009-04-28 |url=http://voices.yahoo.com/more-native-american-radio-stations-broadcast-via-3179225.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209202222/http://voices.yahoo.com/more-native-american-radio-stations-broadcast-via-3179225.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-09 | title = KUYI Hopi radio hosts 'Listener Choice' awards - Navajo-Hopi Observer - Flagstaff, Arizona | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | url = http://navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&ArticleID=12382&TM=76769.02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121109134911/http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=74 | archive-date = 2012-11-09 | url-status = dead
The station played an important role in emergency response in 2010, due to its "69,000 watt signal [that] echoes across the canyons and bounces off the mesas that make up the 1.5 million acre reservation." In January 2010, the Hopi reservation was without power for two days as the result of a winter storm. KUYI stayed on the air, even when larger radio stations in Flagstaff, Arizona were not operational, and provided emergency information to four counties.
Floods in July 2010 left the First Mesa Consolidated Villages without potable water or sewage. KUYI was able to keep its listeners informed for the three days it took for water trucks to arrive.{{Cite web | title = KUYI Informs Community During Crises | work = National Center for Media Engagement | accessdate = 2012-11-27 | url = http://mediaengage.org/shareStory/stories/stories.cfm?storyid=KUYI_weather | archive-date = January 9, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130109094227/http://www.mediaengage.org/shareStory/stories/stories.cfm?storyid=KUYI_weather | url-status = dead
References
References
- "The Koyala". KUYI Hopi Radio.
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