We are a very small radio station, dedicated to providing news and emergency information. KBUU is a radio station, first and foremost. Please join us there for our breaking news coverage. I think we do a solid job. We were on the air nearly continuously from 4:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and then did another hour of live coverage at 4-5 p.m.
When news happens, it goes on the radio and Facebook — I can talk and type at the same time.
If at all possible, tune to 99.1 FM on a radio. Our new signal comes in pretty well at about 75 percent of the homes in Malibu.
You can also stream us at www.radiomalibu.net or www.kbu.fm . But the server is at capacity. If that doesn’t work, try Tune In radio, a free app for computers and phones. Search for KBUU-LP.
A better option is ooTunes. It costs $5 but it doesn’t play a commercial when you start streaming it.
Our transmitter is in the mountains above Paradise Cove. Because it is limited to 71 watts of power, cliffs will block the signal from some parts of PCH. We have a real problem at Latigo Beach, Ralphs, by the pier. We are totally wiped out at Topanga Beach. But we do put a signal onto most of PCH between the Santa Monica tunnel and County Line beach, out west.
Canyons not so good. Kanan-Dume we cover north to tunnel 1. Hit and miss on Corral Canyon and Latigo Canyon roads. No signal in the others.
The newswire gets posted at the end of a normal news cycle: 10 am. When we are in continuous news coverage, nothing is written. It’s all ad lib off the notes. So there is nothing to post here except lame excuses.