s ▁its ▁college - orient ed ▁programming ▁after ▁ 9 ▁PM ▁C ST , ▁under ▁the ▁mon iker ▁" The ▁Bas ement ." ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁Minnesota ' s ▁Independent ▁Public ▁Radio ▁network . ▁Program ming ▁from ▁national ▁sources ▁includes ▁World ▁Ca fe ▁and ▁American ▁Rout es . ▁ ▁The ▁station ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁students ▁at ▁U MD ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁as ▁a ▁ 1 0 - w att ▁AM ▁station ▁in ▁the ▁bas ement ▁of ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁W ash burn ▁Hall ▁d orm itory ▁on ▁the ▁old ▁main ▁campus ▁in ▁a ▁resident ial ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁D ul uth . ▁The ▁first ▁station ▁manager ▁was ▁student ▁Bruce ▁El ving , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁chief ▁engineer ▁was ▁Douglas ▁Hed in . ▁Hed in ▁also ▁built ▁the ▁station ' s ▁first ▁transmit ter . ▁The ▁station ▁was ▁closed ▁down ▁several ▁times ▁by ▁the ▁F CC ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁days ▁due ▁to ▁out - of - comp liance ▁technical ▁standards . ▁ ▁K UM D ▁went ▁through ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁changes ▁and ▁fits ▁and ▁starts ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁days , ▁including ▁station ▁man agers , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁student - run ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁radio ▁station . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁stronger ▁fac ulty ▁advis ors ▁were ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁station ▁converted ▁to ▁ 2 5 0 ▁w att s ▁FM . ▁The ▁de an ▁of ▁U MD ' s ▁School ▁of ▁Human ities , ▁R . ▁D ale ▁Miller , ▁also ▁became ▁involved ▁at ▁this ▁time