KRFA-FM explained

KRFA-FM
City:Moscow, Idaho
Frequency:91.7 MHz
Airdate:December 13, 1963
Format:Public radio
News/Talk, Classical Music
Erp:28,000 watts
Haat:282m (925feet)
Class:C1
Facility Id:71016
Callsign Meaning:Radio Fine Arts[1]
Former Callsigns:KUID-FM (1963–1984)
Affiliations:National Public Radio
American Public Media
Public Radio International
Owner:Washington State University
Sister Stations:KWSU, KJEM-FM, KWSU-TV
Webcast:Stream
Website:nwpr.org
Licensing Authority:FCC

KRFA-FM (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Moscow, Idaho. The station is owned by Washington State University, and is the flagship station of Northwest Public Broadcasting's "NPR and Classical Music" service.

The station debuted on December 13, 1963, as KUID-FM, operated by the University of Idaho as a service of the UI Department of Communications. It was Idaho's first educational radio station. Due to a funding crisis, UI transferred control of the station to WSU in 1984 under its current call letters.[2] The acquisition of KRFA allowed NWPB to split its offerings into a two-channel network, with KRFA taking most of flagship KWSU's classical music programming.

NWPB operates KUID's old studio on the UI campus as a satellite studio.

See main article: Northwest Public Broadcasting.

References

  1. News: New call letters assigned to radio station at Moscow. Times-News. Associated Press. August 30, 1984. A-8. March 6, 2020.
  2. http://www.uidaho.edu/class/jamm/aboutjamm/timeline UI School of Journalism and Mass Media timeline

External links

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