No joke: KOTOfm Street Dance is April Fool's Day
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KOTO's history is the history of Telluride from the days of cowboys and hippies to the present era of relative financial stability. (We said "relative.")
In the wild and wooly days of the 1970s, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had a small niche in its restrictive regulations that allowed a private nonprofit to build and operate a 10-watt FM radio station. Into that niche jumped a odd assortment of locals. An application was filed. Time, money and space were provided by dozens of folks. Town Council came up with $10,000 over two years for equipment. The FCC said "Do it." KOTO was legally broadcasting on October 3, 1975. Since then, our radio station has been entirely supported by the greater Telluride community, in an elite club that includes only six other stations nationwide. No advertising. No underwriting.