. ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s , ▁K U OP ▁cut ▁back ▁on ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁local ▁programming ▁and ▁began ▁air ing ▁more ▁national ▁N PR ▁fare . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁however , ▁K U OP , ▁along ▁with ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁university ' s ▁auxili ary ▁services , ▁operated ▁at ▁a ▁loss ; ▁the ▁station ▁recorded ▁annual ▁def ic its ▁sometimes ▁exceed ing ▁$ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁subs id ized ▁by ▁the ▁U OP ▁general ▁fund ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁de cade . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁boost ▁fund ing , ▁K U OP ▁rad ically ▁changed ▁its ▁music ▁format ▁from ▁classical ▁to ▁Amer icana ▁and ▁increased ▁its ▁talk ▁output , ▁a ▁move ▁that ▁drew ▁the ▁i re ▁of ▁some ▁listen ers ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁bring ▁in ▁enough ▁new ▁fund ra ising ▁dollars ▁to ▁offset ▁the ▁support ▁that ▁was ▁lost . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁K U OP ▁and ▁Capital ▁Public ▁Radio ▁of ▁Sac r amento ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific ▁would ▁enter ▁into ▁an ▁agreement ▁for ▁C PR ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁operations ▁of ▁the ▁Stock ton ▁station . ▁C PR ▁slowly ▁brought ▁K U OP ' s ▁schedule ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁its ▁other ▁stations , ▁including ▁elimin ating ▁bl u egr ass ▁and ▁folk ▁music . ▁When ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific ▁board ▁put ▁the ▁license ▁up