By james art INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. –– KUNR Public Radiounit of the Reynolds School of Journalismannounced plans to build a new studio at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Lake Tahoe campus.
The university’s support will help build a new studio and office space that will allow KUNR to broadcast live from the lake through the summer of 2025. In addition to the station, the university will fund a dedicated Lake Tahoe reporter for the first two years.
“The university is proud to support local lakeside journalism through this new role at our University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe campus, and we’re excited to create a space for student journalists to practice their craft, learn alongside KUNR,” said the provost Jeff Thompson.
With the addition of the new studio, the Reynolds School and KUNR plan to expand their internship program, the Lake Tahoe News Project, allowing more students to learn and report from the lake. This program gives students the opportunity to report on radio and online news in areas such as energy and environment, local news, education and more, including coverage in Spanish.
“KUNR is committed to covering the Northern Nevada and Eastern Sierra region, and Incline Village and the greater Lake Tahoe community is a critical part of that coverage area,” said Brian Duggan, KUNR General Manager. “We are thrilled to receive this generous support from university leadership to help us expand our public radio mission to the Lake Tahoe University campus.”
After reviving its Elko station, KNCC, in 2023, KUNR is looking to continue filling Northern Nevada news deserts like Incline Village, which has faced a lack of local coverage after many North Lake Tahoe news outlets closed .
KUNR Public Radio is a nonprofit, noncommercial, listener-supported public radio station licensed by the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education and has broadcast from campus since October 7, 1963. In 2018, KUNR became an administrative unit of the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.