KGNU broadcasts protests by airplane from Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility.
July 1978: Citing "close channel interference" with KRMA channel 6, FCC forces KGNU to reduce signal power from 3000 to 1300 watts.
KGNU is one of the founding members of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) representing community and public radio stations in the US.
The Boulder Community Broadcast Association, licensee of KGNU collaborates to create studio space, transmitter and tower location, equipment, and personnel to put KGNU on the air
C.U. Boulder students raise fees to fund involvement in what becomes KGNU radio