[2] Despite its small size, KUWL showed itself to be on the bleeding edge of radio technology; the station billed itself as just one of five in the United States who had switched to playing out all music from Digital Audio Tape by 1989.
[4] The move was made because DAT hardware interfaced with accessible equipment used by blind announcer Mike Nafpliotis, whereas previous tape decks required sight to operate.
[6] By 1995, Borealis Broadcasting, owners of KFAR and KWLF, had obtained an option to buy the KUWL license.
However, one group had a license that could: KSUA at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which had operated on a commercial basis from 1984 to a financial collapse in 1993.
[7] The call signs on 103.9 and 91.5 FM switched on April 26, 1996; the KUWL license is the current home of KSUA, while the 103.9 frequency became a commercial country music station, known as "Cool".