The University of Texas at El Paso is in conversations with the El Paso Community Foundation about the future of KTEP-FM (88.5), the 100,000-watt radio station that provides the community with a combination of news, talk and an eclectic assortment of music.
It is unclear how a possible transfer of management would affect station personnel, programming or the station’s studio location in the university’s Cotton Memorial Building. KTEP received its license Sept. 14, 1950, and became El Paso’s first FM station.
A station employee who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution said that they were aware of discussions about the station’s future, but were frustrated by the lack of transparency…