on the air, broadcasting with 3,700 watts of effective radiated power and the provisional call letters KLNB. The station was able to claim the KUNM call letters two days later. KUNM originally broadcast primarily classical and jazz music, but by 1969 its emphasis had shifted to "underground" rock music in a free-form radio style. In 1974, KUNM filed to move its transmitter to Sandia Crest. Hubbard Broadcasting, owner of KOB-AM-TV, filed a petition to deny to the application, but the application was conditionally approved in 1975. KUNM moved its studios from the Student Union Building to Oñate Hall in 1976, simultaneous with the activation of the Sandia Crest facility. KUNM became a member of NPR in 1978, following the bankruptcy and closure of KIPC the year before. NPR membership required additional staffing, and federal legal changes also led to the establishment of a community advisory board. Funding for this transition was accomplished through benefit concerts at the Kiva Auditorium in downtown Albuquerque. The station's first national broadcast contribution was an exclusive interview with Manuel Noriega by a KUNM news reporter. The frequency change to 89.9 MHz was carried out in 1987; this permitted KSFR (90.7 FM) to be built by Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe. The community college paid for the costs of the adjustment. Coinciding with the new frequency was a format adjustment as KUNM abandoned free-form rock in favor of new talk and classical music programs, citing declining listenership and a poor rate of membership renewals; KUNM members had a renewal rate of 25 percent compared with 72 percent nationally. The move was also intended to reestablish the weakening connection between KUNM and the University of New Mexico itself. However, many of the station's 100 volunteer staffers objected to the change, voicing concerns on the air in violation of station policy. One volunteer wrote a rap, "The Free-form Shuffle", in protest. The dispute escalated to a temporary restraining order on spending listener contributions, threats of charges against the program director, and lockouts of employees by campus police. While management relented and reversed course, questions remained about whether KUNM's primary audience should be students or the broader community. In 2014, an ombudsman with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting criticized KUNM's handling of plagiarism charges made by a former reporter, Tristan Ahtone, who left the station over its alleged failure to respond to the accusations. Programming In addition