KGNI-FM, KBUT Community Radio’s 88.7 MHz service licensed to Gunnison, Colorado, and part of the station’s wider service to the Gunnison Valley.
History: KBUT’s institutional timeline records a major 2013 upgrade to its Gunnison signal after the community-led “Power Up” campaign. The expanded service was designed to reach most of the Gunnison Valley. KBUT’s current listening guide identifies this Gunnison outlet by the call letters KGNI-FM and frequency 88.7 MHz. It operates alongside KBUT-FM’s 90.3 MHz service in Crested Butte and other relay signals.
KGNI-FM is catalogued as a distinct licensed facility within KBUT’s community-radio network. Its origins and local programming are best understood alongside KBUT’s history, which documents the volunteer-powered station’s 1986 sign-on, expansion, and development of local news and NPR membership.
Sources: KBUT, station history and 2013 Gunnison signal upgrade; KBUT, Where to Listen; KBUT, mission, licensee, and community service; FCC public inspection file, KGNI.
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