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48-543: KNWU may refer to: KNWU (FM) , a radio station (91.5 FM) licensed to serve Forks, Washington, the United States Royal Dutch Cycling Union , (In Dutch: KNWU, Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KNWU . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

96-545: A $ 500,000 donation from the estate of Ephrata rancher Paul Lauzier, KLWS at Moses Lake. Port Angeles—and Victoria, British Columbia —were added with the signing on of KNWP in 1998. KQWS at Omak began broadcasting in January 1999; the next year, a translator of KWSU was added in Pullman, giving the station its first FM presence. A translator at Forks was added in 2006. KSWS at Chehalis was built in 2010. In several cases,

144-558: A Grand Fourth of July Parade. The numerous events include a demolition derby and fireworks display. July is also the month for Quileute Days at La Push with its parade, traditional salmon bake, bone games, softball tournament, canoe races, and street fair. In August, the Forks Family Festival combines arts and crafts vendors with children activities. In late September, the Forks Chamber of Commerce partners with

192-612: A Skagit County native. In 2010, KVTI in Tacoma , owned by Clover Park Technical College , began broadcasting Northwest Public Broadcasting full-time after budget cuts prompted the closure of its radio broadcasting program. In 2012, the Yakima School District's KYVT began broadcasting NWPB's NPR News programming under an agreement in which the network provided the district's skills center and an HD2 subchannel for its student programming in exchange for studio space and

240-511: A few Shay engines remaining in Washington. Shay locomotives are unusual in that they have a crank shaft running down the side, powering all wheels. They were designed to be used to transport lumber out of forests. Rayonier #10 (c/n 3348) was built for stock by Lima in 1930. It has three cylinders and three trucks. The Ozette Timber Company bought it 11 years later. In 1945 it was acquired by Rayonier for their lumber operation near Forks. It

288-556: A hotel. In the early 1900s, hop growing declined and the Forks Cooperative Creamery was established which operated for 70 years. Timber was cleared by settlers and small-time loggers in the late 1800s. Booming logging camps were set up by timber baron Michael Earles in the early 1900s which attracted many workers to the area. In 1916, Merrill & Ring began to log in the Pysht River drainage northwest of

336-515: A large portion of the Pacific Northwest. It became KWSU on March 1, 1969, ten years after Washington State attained university status. Edward R. Murrow began his career at the station, as did Keith Jackson and Barry Serafin . KWSU was a charter member of NPR, and was one of the 90 stations that carried the inaugural broadcast of All Things Considered in 1971. In 1982, KFAE-FM 89.1 at Richland signed on, bringing public radio to

384-566: A primary frequency for the news service, which had not been previously available in Yakima. On November 1, 2013, WSU launched a third station in Pullman: KJEM (89.9 FM), broadcasting jazz music 24 hours a day to the Pullman and Moscow area and named for J. Elroy McCaw . In 2018, Northwest Public Radio merged with Northwest Public Television to become Northwest Public Broadcasting. NWPB broadcasts KWSU -TV from Kamiak Butte to serve

432-633: A quilt show have been sponsored by the Piece Makers Quilt Club. In March of every year, the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction occurs. This annual fundraising event raises tens of thousands of dollars for scholarships. Since the first scholarship award in 1964, to Robert Henry (now D.D.S.), the committee has awarded over US$ 1m in scholarships to Forks students. In the summer, Forks hosts its traditional "Old Fashioned Fourth of July" celebration with

480-820: A total of 13,550 annual operations. Runway 4-22 is Forks Municipal Airport's sole runway. This runway is 2,400 feet (730 m) long, 75 feet (23 m) wide, is equipped with medium intensity runway lighting, and has an asphalt surface. Approaches to both ends of this runway are visual. Forks is served by two public transit agencies. Clallam Transit route 17 provides local service in Forks, while three other routes provide connections to Port Angeles (14), La Push (15), and Clallam Bay and Neah Bay (16). Jefferson Transit runs an "Olympic Connection" bus that provides service on Highway 101 south of Forks as far as Lake Quinault. From there, transfers to Aberdeen are available via Grays Harbor transit. All five of these bus routes serve Forks six days

528-488: A week, with no service on Sundays. Newspapers serving Forks include the Peninsula Daily News and the weekly Forks Forum , known as "the farthest west newspaper in the contiguous United States." KBDB-FM 96.7, owned by Forks Broadcasting, is the only local commercial station serving the area. KNWU 91.5, a satellite station of Washington State University 's statewide Northwest Public Radio network,

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576-511: Is 12 miles from tribal burning areas that area tribes used to regenerate young ferns. The phrase "prairie upstream" from Quileute language was translated and became the name Forks Prairie. Early settlers to Forks came via the rivers and trails from the Pacific and the Strait of Juan de Fuca due to the lack of overland options. In the 1860s, men from Dungeness unsuccessfully attempted to convince

624-514: Is a popular destination for sport fishers who fish for salmon and steelhead trout in nearby rivers. It is also supported by visitors to Olympic National Park . Forks was once inhabited by the Quileute Native American tribe, before they ceded their territory. In 1889 a reservation was created near Forks the same year that Washington became a state. That same year the village was burnt down by settler Daniel Pullen. Forks

672-463: Is available at local stores. Another source of tourism is Stephenie Meyer 's Twilight series , which she set in the town after searching Google for rainy settings. Tours are available of locations that resemble the places described in Meyer's books. The majority of the films were not shot in Forks, though key scenes were shot in the town and surrounding area. In December 2005, 74 visitors signed

720-564: Is the public radio station serving the area. Forks is a part of the Quillayute Valley School District , with Forks High School being the community's high school. Forks is home to the University of Washington's Olympic Natural Resources Center. In 2003, an executive on the economic development council noted that 'Forks is going through a transition from a logging community to a tourist community'. On

768-520: The 2010 census , there were 3,532 people, 1,264 households, and 849 families residing in the city. The population density was 967.7 inhabitants per square mile (373.6/km ). There were 1,374 housing units at an average density of 376.4 per square mile (145.3/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 67.7% White , 0.5% African American , 6.6% Native American , 1.2% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 18.1% from other races , and 5.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 25.9% of

816-587: The Calawah River with the Bogachiel River . U.S. Route 101 passes through the town. The Olympic rainforest surrounds the town. Forks has an oceanic climate ( Cfb ) in a temperate rainforest with very high rainfall, above 100 inches (2,500 mm) per year. Although there is a drying trend in summer, rain is still abundant, just not as wet as the rest of the year. Forks averages 212 days per year with measurable precipitation. According to

864-665: The Hoh Rainforest , the Pacific Beaches, and various wilderness trails. Forks is well known for its winter steelhead fishing with the Quillayute river system – the Hoh, Sol Duc, Bogachiel and Calawah rivers. Other nearby Clallam, Sekiu, and Hoko rivers are also good for king salmon fishing and steelheading as well. Local guides are available for both native and hatchery runs and for float trips. Fishing gear and clothing

912-773: The Murrow College of Communications on the WSU campus, with satellite studios at WSU Tri-Cities ' campus in Richland , the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho and studio offices in Tacoma and Wenatchee . WSU, which originated in 1908 as Washington State College, has a long history in broadcasting. NWPB's flagship station, KWSU 1250 in Pullman signed on December 10, 1922 as KFAE and became KWSC (for W ashington S tate C ollege) in 1925 . For many years, it served

960-729: The Quileute Tribe and the City of Forks to host the Last Chance Fishing Derby at La Push; cash prizes are offered to those wanting to fish for salmon on the Pacific Ocean. The first week in October is when the community celebrates its heritage during Heritage Days. One of the more celebrated events during this week-long festival is the "Old Timers Round Table;" this is a moderated conversation broadcast live via

1008-547: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 3.65 square miles (9.45 km ), all of it land. The city is organized under Washington State law as a non-charter code city. Its structure is that of an elected mayor and a five-member elected city council. Unlike other cities on the Olympic Peninsula, Forks operates under what is called a "strong mayor" form of government with

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1056-741: The Pullman area and resulted in the new outlet assuming many of the classical programs on KWSU. The launch of KNWR, a full-power transmitter at Ellensburg , in 1992 heralded the beginning of two decades of expansion. KNWY in the Yakima Valley went on air in 1993. In 1994, KNWO in Cottonwood, Idaho , was added; additionally, three new translators were commissioned and KRFA increased its power tenfold. KNWV went on air in Lewiston and Clarkston in 1995. 1997 brought KWWS in Walla Walla, and after

1104-513: The Tri-Cities for the first time. The next year, WSU activated a series of low-powered translators at Ellensburg, Goldendale/The Dalles, Yakima, Lewiston/Clarkston, Ephrata/Soap Lake, Wenatchee, Cashmere/Dryden, and Chelan/Waterville. In 1984, after budget cuts in Idaho, WSU assumed operation of KUID-FM 91.7 at the University of Idaho and renamed it KRFA-FM ; this gave it its first FM service in

1152-575: The area due to the 1907 national recession . Sitka spruce in the West End was provided during the First World War due to urgent demand. The U.S. Army's Spruce Production Division used this spruce to build 36 miles of railroad track from Port Angeles to Lake Pleasant in six months. But before it could be completed, World War I ended and no spruce was hauled down the line. Settlers from the Hoh came gradually to Forks in its earlier days. In 1912

1200-433: The area. President Grover Cleveland placed individual claiming of timber volume off-limits in the Olympic Peninsula around this time which proved monumental for the area's future. The Olympic Forest Reserve was trimmed by 623,000 acres but it contained three-fourths of all timber by volume. The Olympic National Park took up the remaining parts of the reserve (it first became a monument in 1909). Isolation soon creeped into

1248-405: The average family size was 3.15. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 30.4% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.9 males. The median income for a household in

1296-400: The city was $ 34,280, and the median income for a family was $ 38,844. Males had a median income of $ 35,718 versus $ 23,690 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 13,686. About 14.6% of families and 20.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.7% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over. The city lies on Forks Prairie just east of the confluence of

1344-411: The city. The population density was 854.8 people per square mile (330.2/km ). There were 1,361 housing units at an average density of 435.6 per square mile (168.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 81.47% White, 0.42% African American, 5.03% Native American, 1.51% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 8.49% from other races, and 2.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 3.54% of

1392-558: The eastern Washington and western Idaho covering Pullman to Spokane . KTNW broadcasts from Richland and covers the Tri-cities area. KWSU-Broadcasts on channel 10. KTNW broadcasts on channel 31. On April 19, 2022, the Sleeping Lady Foundation's KOHO-FM began broadcasting NWPB's Jazz programming based at KJEM under a programming and services agreement, bringing NWPB's Jazz network to Central Washington for

1440-481: The first time. Download coordinates as: With one exception, NWPB's transmitters are structured into two services: an NPR news/talk service based on KWSU, and a combined NPR and classical music service based on KRFA. KFAE-FM also broadcast the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library's Evergreen Radio Reading Service to blind and handicapped listeners on its 67kHz subcarrier until

1488-635: The forest around Forks was flattened as what locals described as a "hurricane roaring overhead" swept through the West End. Five years later a fire occurred on Main Street before another fire hit the town in 1951. Forks was officially incorporated on August 7, 1945, following an election of the constituents who would become its first town members. The city gained popularity for being a key setting in Stephenie Meyer 's Twilight series (2005 to 2008) and related film adaptations (2008 to 2012). As of

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1536-543: The forks in the nearby Bogachiel , Calawah , and Sol Duc rivers which join to form the Quillayute River . For many years, the city's economy was fueled by the local timber industry. More recently it has drawn tourism related to the novel series Twilight and films of the same name, set in Forks. With recent declines in the timber industry, Forks has relied on the nearby Clallam Bay Corrections Center and Olympic Corrections Center as sources of jobs. Forks

1584-591: The guest book at the Forks Visitor Center; after the release of the Twilight series this increased substantially, with 2540 visitors signing in to the center in December 2009. In July of that year, the number was 16,186. The average annual number of tourists visiting the town rose from 10,000 before Twilight to 19,000 in 2008, the year of the first film, and 73,000 by 2010. Forks displays one of

1632-427: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KNWU&oldid=836578168 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KNWU (FM) NWPB headquarters are in

1680-492: The local radio station, featuring longtime residents of the region talking about days long past. The Forks City Council passed a resolution in 2007 celebrating Stephenie Meyer Day in honor of the Twilight young adult novels and film series, set for September 13, the day of the fictional Bella's birthday. In 2015 the event was still driving tourism, with visitor numbers peaking in 2010, then settling to 50% more than before

1728-468: The mayor being the chief executive officer overseeing four department heads (clerk/treasurer, public works, police, and legal/planning). Forks Municipal Airport ( FAA LID : S18 ) is located in Clallam County, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Forks. The airport has six based aircraft, including 3 single-engine aircraft and 3 helicopters. The latest available data indicate that the airport had

1776-406: The population. There were 1,169 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and

1824-441: The population. There were 1,264 households, of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.8% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1872-474: The rest of the network, KJEM is largely student-run. In 2022, NWPB acquired KOHO-FM and began broadcasting NWPB's jazz programing to the Wenatchee Valley area. Forks, Washington Forks , also previously known as the unincorporated town of Quillayute , is a city in southwest Clallam County , Washington , United States. The population was 3,335 at the 2020 census . It is named after

1920-572: The service's closure on August 15, 2014. KFAE-FM was one of three major FM stations in Washington to do so; KPBX-FM in Spokane and KUOW-FM in Seattle were the others. However, this required a special FM radio capable of receiving such broadcasts; it could not be received on a standard FM radio. KJEM (89.9 FM), is NWPB's flagship jazz service. It broadcasts jazz music 24 hours a day to the Pullman and Moscow area and named for J. Elroy McCaw. Unlike

1968-539: The south end of town is the Forks Timber Museum . Constructed in 1989 by the Forks High School carpentry class, the 3,200-square-foot (300 m ) building provides a look into the local history of the timber industry, loggers of the past, and their tools of the trade. The museum has exhibits depicting local history dating to the 1870s. Forks serves as the hub for numerous day excursions to

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2016-498: The territorial legislature to create Quillehuyte County out of Clallam and Jefferson counties's western ends. In January 1878, a mile east of Forks, Luther and Esther Ford arrived and laid claim to the 160-acre homestead (at the time there was already a few trappers living in the area). Ford set up the first dairy herd in the settlement in 1879. In 1884 a post office opened in Nelson's cabin. Since another Washington settlement already

2064-507: The town was laid out where the Whittier homestead stood and as late as the 1920s the town was just a block of buildings and prairie homesteads amongst looming forests. In 1930 the current newspaper, Forks Forum , started publication 40 years after the original Forks newspaper was established. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Forks gained many amenities of modern towns at the time as new inhabitants increased its population. Nearly 20 percent of

2112-525: The university acquired or began broadcasting over preexisting public radio stations. On January 6, 1997, Northern Sound Public Radio's KZAZ-FM in Bellingham , was merged into the network as its first station west of the Cascades. The license for KMWS at Mount Vernon was acquired from Skagit Valley College , which moved its KSVR to a new license; the university chose the call letters to honor Murrow,

2160-432: Was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.16. The median age in the city was 31.3 years. 29.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 23.2% were from 45 to 64; and 9.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. As of the 2000 census , there were 3,120 people, 1,169 households, and 792 families residing in

2208-536: Was named 'Ford's Prairie' the name 'Forks' was chosen as the name. The name 'Forks' was due to the prairie's location as a fork in the vicinity of three rivers. It was difficult to receive and sell products in Forks in its early days since the nearest market was in Port Townsend (over 55 miles away). The small supply boat that was provided in the summers was not large enough for cargo either. Due to these problems, hops would regularly rot awaiting transport. It

2256-492: Was not until narrow roads were built in the 1880s and 1890s that the situation improved slightly. Eventually canoes and ferries were used to help alleviate these issues. In 1927 a single car -sized road opened from Lake Crescent to Forks and the Olympic Loop Highway ( U.S. 101 ) was built through Forks in 1931. The Mora post moved to Forks in the early 1890s which consisted of a general store, hardware store, and

2304-757: Was retired near the north end of Forks in Tillicum Park in 1959. The Forks Lions Club erected an attractive shelter over the #10 in 1999. It has also built and maintained most of the structures in the Shay Tillicum Park over the last 40 years. Rainfest, a celebration of the arts sponsored by the West Olympic Council for the Arts, occurs in April. It includes a combination of arts and craft related events. In recent years quilt classes and

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