KKUP
Community radio station in Cupertino, California
KKUP (91.5 FM) is a community radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Cupertino, California, United States, it serves the San Jose section of the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is currently owned by the Assurance Science Foundation, Inc. KKUP also has a booster, KKUP-FM1, licensed to Los Gatos, California.
In 1969, Pinewood School, Los Altos had a radio station, KPSR, and returned the license to the FCC. Five college students who were working at KPSR decided to apply for the license, and start a station.
KKUP began broadcasting in May 1972. In the 1970s, one of the engineers at the station was John Draper, otherwise known as "Captain Crunch" the phone phreak. Transmitter is at Loma Prieta.
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