student union facility, which had become cramped due to the shift from student-run to professional operation, to the Warren Street Building in 1989. KMSU's future was put at risk again in 1995 due to budget cuts. The university proposed transferring KMSU to Minnesota Public Radio outright, ending student involvement in the station. The university backtracked on the proposal, citing the potential increased value of the facility with the impending Telecommunications Act of 1996, but staffing was cut from five to two full-time employees, and the possibility was raised of dropping NPR programming. During much of this time, the station had a parallel student-run station on carrier current and cable, known variously as KGMA and KRNR, which offered to take over KMSU if needed. KRNR and KMSU effected a merger of sorts that fall: classical music and NPR programming was dropped for adult album alternative, and several KRNR student programs were added to the KMSU lineup as public radio programming was deemphasized. News was provided through a student organization, the Southern Minnesota News Project. Allegations of MSU interference in its operations emerged in November 2003 when the university asked for a story to be pulled, with some saying it was because the story was negative to the institution; several checks and balances were added to the news operation. KMSK in Austin became part of the KMSU family in 1993. It had previously been a separate station, KAVT-FM, from 1981 to 1992, when its owner, Independent School District #492, transferred the station to MSU Mankato in exchange for underwriting announcements. References External links 1963 establishments in Minnesota College radio stations in Minnesota Independent Public Radio Mankato, Minnesota Minnesota State University, Mankato Radio stations established in 1963 Radio stations in Minnesota