KWLP 100.9 FM Radio - The Peach

The Hualapai Tribe envisioned a community radio station as part of its long term plan as early as 1995.  Its internet radio station, EPCH, originated in early 2010 as part of a research project called “Each One, Reach One.”nitially the internet station was operated as an affiliate of KIDSTAR, Inc., with technical assistance provided by Ruth Woody of 977 Media/ Shout Automation, solely to facilitate meeting objectives of the research grant. All broadcasters were initially Hualapai community youth.  Later in 2011, the Tribe expanded the purpose of the radio station beyond the research project and made the radio station a separate program within its Health, Education and Wellness Department. The station then began including content of interest to the greater community and utilizing adult volunteers. In June of 2014, The Hualapai Tribe became the first Tribe in the nation to receive from the F.C.C. a permit to construct a Tribal Priority commercial FM radio station. This was accomplished through the collaborative efforts of many Tribal departments and programs and with the assistance of local community volunteers, as well as the station’s consulting engineer, Fred Hannel, of Hannel and Associates, Phoenix, Arizona.  Although it is licensed as commercial station, the station operates as a local community station. The emphasis in programming is local events and services, education, culture and language and providing music and entertainment content to meet the varied interests of the community members. On August 24, 2015 EPCH became “The local radio station of the Hualapai Nation,” KWLP, 100.9 FM broadcasting “All Kinds of Music for All of Peach Springs!” live from the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

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