▁sign ▁from ▁the ▁F CC , ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁the ▁letters ▁W K US , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁L PF M ▁effort ▁were ▁un available . ▁The ▁station ▁leadership ▁decided ▁to ▁instead ▁apply ▁for ▁W K U F , ▁which ▁they ▁en vision ed ▁standing ▁for ▁" K etter ing ▁University ▁and ▁Fl int ", ▁suggesting ▁the ▁station ' s ▁mission ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁voice ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁university ▁and ▁the ▁Fl int ▁community . ▁ ▁The ▁" LP " ▁suffix ▁denotes ▁the ▁low ▁power ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁station . ▁ ▁The ▁selection ▁and ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁broadcast ▁equipment ▁was ▁over seen ▁by ▁David ▁Bl ank ens hip , ▁the ▁club ' s ▁vice - pres ident ▁( station ▁engineer ) ▁and ▁Dr . ▁James ▁Mc L augh lin ▁from ▁K etter ing ' s ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁department ▁designed ▁the ▁station ' s ▁anten na . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁constraints ▁surrounding ▁the ▁station ' s ▁construction , ▁the ▁University ▁h ired ▁a ▁dedicated ▁co - op ▁student , ▁Alan ▁Del os ▁Santos , ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁station . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁at ▁ 1 2 : 3 0 ▁PM , ▁W K U F - LP ▁officially ▁k icked ▁off ▁its ▁broadcast ▁with ▁then - pres ident ▁Scott ▁Por ter ▁giving ▁a ▁speech ▁over ▁the ▁air w aves . ▁As ▁the ▁speech ▁was ▁being ▁read ▁in ▁the ▁broadcast ▁studio , ▁a ▁radio ▁receiver ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁in