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KSUT originally signed on as a non-commercial community radio station licensed to serve the community of Ignacio, Colorado. The station has since expanded to two distinct formats, "Four Corners Public Radio", with a public radio format of NPR and music programming, and "Southern Ute Tribal Radio", which airs Native American music and news. While the stations have different legal call letters, both stations still refer to themselves on-air, online, and in marketing as KSUT. The stations are owned by
"KSUT Public Radio", a non-profit corporation, and licensed to "KUTE, Inc."
History.
On May 7, 1975, this station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission and was assigned the call letters KSUT. Originally licensed as a 10 watt community radio station serving the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, KSUT began regular broadcasting in June 1976 with a mix of tribal news and personal messages for the residents of the reservation. At the time, it was one of only eight Native