▁T win ▁C ities ▁Public ▁Television ' s ▁week ly ▁" Al man ac " ▁public ▁affairs ▁program . ▁K UM D ' s ▁bed rock ▁programming ▁philosophy ▁was ▁to ▁offer ▁only ▁programming ▁that ▁was ▁not ▁available ▁on ▁other ▁T win ▁Port s ▁radio ▁stations . ▁The ▁station ▁was ▁almost ▁totally ▁staff ed ▁by ▁student ▁volunte ers , ▁who ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁often ▁number ed ▁around ▁ 1 0 0 ▁at ▁any ▁given ▁time . ▁There ▁were ▁some ▁part - time ▁paid ▁staff ▁who ▁led ▁the ▁volunte ers ▁and ▁who ▁were ▁also ▁students . ▁ ▁Living ston ▁eventually ▁convinced ▁the ▁university ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁a ▁def unct ▁commercial ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 - w att ▁station ▁( WD TH ▁FM ) ▁and ▁to ▁affili ate ▁with ▁National ▁Public ▁Radio . ▁He ▁also ▁introduced ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁listener ▁support ▁and ▁began ▁on - air ▁fund ▁drives ▁to ▁help ▁fund ▁the ▁station ' s ▁operations . ▁The ▁station ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁W D TH ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁before ▁rec laim ing ▁its ▁K UM D ▁call ▁letters . ▁Living ston ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁station ▁manager ▁for ▁eight ▁years . ▁He ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Paul ▁Sch mit z , ▁who ▁was ▁eventually ▁succeeded ▁( ag ain ) ▁by ▁Michael ▁( M ic key ) ▁Dean , ▁who ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁V icky ▁Jacob a . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁K U OM ▁( Radio ▁K ) ▁– ▁University ▁of ▁Minnesota ▁T win ▁C ities ▁station ▁K UM M ▁( U 9 0 )