KRWG airs a mix of news programs from NPR and other public radio networks, along with classical music, jazz and Latin contemporary music.[4] On weekdays, national news and information shows include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air and Here and Now. Weekday classical shows include Performance Today and Intermezzo with Peter van de Graaff and Leora Zeitlin. Each weekday evening, the bilingual show Fiesta is heard, featuring a variety of Latin popular music. That is followed by jazz until midnight and programming from the WFMT Classical Network overnight.
KRWG signed on the air on October 3, 1964.[5] It was originally powered at only 740 watts. It served as a college radio station for students training for careers in broadcasting.[6] Its city of license was University Park, New Mexico, a community within the campus of New Mexico State University.
The call letters represent the initials of Ralph Willis Goddard. He was the dean of the Engineering School at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, the original name of New Mexico State University. Goddard was responsible for the founding of KOB radio (now KKOB). Before that station moved to Albuquerque, it was owned by the college and it broadcast in Las Cruces. Goddard was electrocuted in 1929 while working on the KOB transmitter.[7]
In the 1970s, KRWG changed its city of license to Las Cruces.[8] The station moved to its current frequency and got an increase in tower height and power, becoming a full Class C1 FM station. It also became a member of National Public Radio, airing NPR news shows along with classical and jazz music. Over the years, news and information has played a larger role in the station's schedule, with music programs still heard in middays, evenings and weekends.
