Today's KNKL began life June 6, 1966, as KWCR-FM, the student radio station of Weber State College in Ogden. (The KWCR call letters were selected to stand for "Weber College Radio".) The 10-watt outlet was based in Room 455 of the Fine Arts Center; it operated during evening hours and was entirely run by Weber State students. The June date represented a five-month delay from an originally projected launch of January 10. Prior to the launch of KWCR-FM, the lone broadcast productions of the college were a series of educational shows aired over KOET, the educational television station operated by the Ogden city school board.