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{{Short description|Classical music station in Eugene, Oregon}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = KWAX-FM logo.jpg
| logo_size        = 100px
| name             = KWAX
| city             = [[Eugene, Oregon]]
| area             = [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]-[[Springfield, Oregon]]
| branding         = ''KWAX FM 91.1''
| frequency        = 91.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| translator       = See below
| airdate          = 1951
| format           = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| erp              = 21,500 [[watt]]s (horiz)<br>12,500 [[watt]]s (vert)
| haat             = 370 meters
| class            = C1
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 62413
| callsign_meaning = Pronounced "Quacks", referencing the [[Oregon Ducks]],<ref name="bob">{{cite news|title=Call Letter Origins |volume=238 |url=http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html |publisher=The Broadcast Archive |last=Nelson |first=Bob |date=June 2, 2009 |access-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218013408/http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html |archive-date=February 18, 2016 }}</ref> and "wax", slang for a [[phonograph record]]
| owner            = [[University of Oregon]]
| webcast          = [http://kwax.uoregon.edu/node/6 Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.kwax.com kwax.com]
}}
'''KWAX''' (91.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a non-commercial [[classical music]] [[radio station]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]], broadcasting to the [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]-[[Springfield, Oregon]] area.  The station is a [[Public broadcasting|listener supported service]] of the [[University of Oregon]]. Some programming is spoken word: Episodes of ''[[My Word!]]'' and ''[[My Music (radio)|My Music]]'' were broadcast Sunday afternoons, until their discontinuation.
==History==
KWAX started out in the late 1950s as a student managed and operated FM station, with studios and transmitter on the top floor of Villard Hall.  The initial transmitter was 10 watts, and hours of operation were somewhat irregular.  In 1966, a local FM station gave the university their old 250-watt transmitter when they upgraded.
==Repeaters and Translators==
KWAX is [[simulcast]] on the following stations and translators:
*88.5 FM in [[Redmond, Oregon]] ([[KWRX]])
*91.5 FM in [[Florence, Oregon]] ({{FCC-LMS-Facility|90266|3=KWVZ}})
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = KWAX
| call1    = K215ED
| freq1    = 90.9
| city1    = Sunriver, Oregon
| fid1     = 50617
| watts1   = 50
| haat1    = 90.4
| class1   = D
| coord1   = {{Coord|43|52|25.4|N|121|30|18.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K215ED}}
| notes1   =
| call2    = K217FZ
| freq2    = 91.3
| city2    = Newport, Oregon
| fid2     = 50618
| watts2   = 140
| haat2    = 129.22
| class2   = D
| coord2   = {{Coord|44|38|39.4|N|124|0|54.4|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K217FZ}}
| notes2   =
| call3    = K225BF
| freq3    = 92.9
| city3    = Turner, OR
| fid3     = 63024
| watts3   = 23
| haat3    = 294
| class3   = D
| coord3   = {{Coord|44|51|17.4|N|123|7|19.3|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K225BF}}
| notes3   =
| call4    = K225CC
| freq4    = 92.9
| city4    = Corvallis, Oregon
| fid4     = 156668
| watts4   = 15.5
| haat4    = 313.22
| class4   = D
| coord4   = {{Coord|44|38|24.4|N|123|16|29.4|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K225CC}}
| notes4   =
| call5    = K250BK
| freq5    = 97.9
| city5    = Roseburg, Oregon
| fid5     = 17414
| watts5   = 190
| haat5    = 158.9
| class5   = D
| coord5   = {{Coord|43|12|7.4|N|123|22|58.3|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K250BK}}
| notes5   =
| call6    = K255CA
| freq6    = 98.9
| city6    = Bend, Oregon
| fid6     = 36520
| watts6   = 92
| haat6    = 161.9
| class6   = D
| coord6   = {{Coord|44|4|39.4|N|121|19|53.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K255CA}}
| notes6   =
| call7    = K270BJ
| freq7    = 101.9
| city7    = Cottage Grove, Oregon
| fid7     = 36521
| watts7   = 250
| haat7    = 98.1
| class7   = D
| coord7   = {{Coord|43|46|40.4|N|123|2|36.3|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K270BJ}}
| notes7   =
| call8    = K287BF
| freq8    = 105.3
| city8    = Glide, Oregon
| fid8     = 17417
| watts8   = 10
| haat8    = 759
| class8   = D
| coord8   = {{Coord|43|22|15.8|N|123|3|50.9|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=K287BF}}
| notes8   =
}}
==References==
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==External links==
[[File:KWAX-1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|KWAX in Eugene, Oregon]]
[[File:KWAX-2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Inside the KWAX studio]]
*[http://www.kwax.com KWAX official website]
*{{FM station data|62413|KWAX}}
*{{FM station data|90887|KWRX}}
*{{FM station data|90266|KWVZ}}
{{Eugene-Springfield Radio}}
{{Oregon college radio}}
{{University of Oregon}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|44.001|N|123.114|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC|display=title}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Eugene, Oregon|WAX]]
[[Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:College radio stations in Oregon|WAX]]
[[Category:University of Oregon]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1955]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Oregon]]
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