KANW

In October 1950, KANW first signed on the air. It is the oldest FM radio station in New Mexico. It was founded to air classroom educational broadcasts for students in the Albuquerque Public Schools and as a training ground for students who might be interested in broadcasting careers.

In late 2016, KANW acquired two stations from the Educational Media Foundation, a Christian radio network based in Rocklin, California. These are KANM (formerly KDRI) 90.3 in Grants and KGGA 88.1 in Gallup, New Mexico. Both stations were Air 1 outlets, which had broadcast contemporary Christian music. The acquisition gave KANW two stations in the Grants area: KIDS already had been serving as a simulcast of KANW, so KANM airs the news and talk format heard on KANW-HD2.

On February 6, 2021, KANW announced a collaboration with KEDP in Las Vegas, New Mexico. KEDP had been operated by New Mexico Highlands University since 1967. On February 9, an application was filed with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer the license of KEDP to the Albuquerque Board of Education.

On August 8, 2022, KXNM in Encino announced on their Facebook page that KANW would take over the operations of that station which served communities east of Albuquerque.

KANW broadcasts a news, information and talk format on its HD2 digital subchannel. Programming comes from NPR, Public Radio International, American Public Media and BBC World Service. This format is available in Grants on FM translator station 91.9 K220KE and in Española on 91.1 K216GQ which upgraded its signal from 44 watts horizontal to 200 watts vertical in late summer 2015. On August 1, 2016, the format was made available in Albuquerque on translator 107.5 K298BY. In early 2017 the format was picked up on KDRI 90.3 in the Grants area which also continues to air on the 91.1 translator.