KFRM

KFRM
City of license Salina, Kansas
Slogan The Voice of the Plains
Frequency 550 kHz
First air date 1947
Format Full service
Power 5,000 watts day
110 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 25808
Transmitter coordinates 39°26′4″N 97°39′37″W / 39.43444°N 97.66028°WCoordinates: 39°26′4″N 97°39′37″W / 39.43444°N 97.66028°W
Callsign meaning Farm Radio[1]
Former callsigns KNNN (1986-1986)
KICT (1986-1987)
Owner Taylor Communications
Website www.kfrm.com

KFRM (550 AM) is a radio station licensed to Salina, Kansas, USA, but broadcasts from studios in Clay Center, Kansas. The station is currently owned by Taylor Communications.[2][3] Due to its low position on the dial, KFRM enjoys a wide coverage area, blanketing most of Kansas and surrounding states during the day.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KNNN beginning on 1986-01-06. On 1986-11-04, the station changed its call sign to KICT and on 1987-10-19 returned to the current KFRM, the call letters the station had used for years when it was a major regional country music station.[4]

Former Hosts

History of call letters

The call letters KFRM were previously assigned to an AM station in Concordia, Kansas, which began broadcasting December 7, 1947, on 550 kHz with 5 KW power. In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, all of the station's programming originated at KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "KFRM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "KFRM Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "KFRM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ "Something New in Radio". Broadcasting. December 15, 1947. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

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