KRFA-FM

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 Radio's "NPR and Classical Music" service.

KRFA-FM
CityMoscow, Idaho
Frequency91.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
FormatPublic radio; News/Talk, Classical Music
Subchannels
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
American Public Media
Public Radio International
Ownership
OwnerWashington State University
KWSU, KJEM-FM, KWSU-TV
History
First air date
December 13, 1963
Former call signs
KUID-FM (1963-1984)
Call sign meaning
Radio Fine Arts[1]
Technical information
Facility ID71016
ClassC1
ERP28,000 watts
HAAT282 meters (925 ft)
Links
WebcastStream
Websitenwpr.org

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 NWPR to split its offerings into a two-channel network, with KRFA taking most of flagship KWSU's classical music programming.

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

References

  1. "New call letters assigned to radio station at Moscow". Times-News. Associated Press. August 30, 1984. p. A-8. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  2. UI School of Journalism and Mass Media timeline


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