KBPU

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KBPU and KTYC
Frequencies
  • KBPU: 88.7 MHz
  • KTYC: 88.5MHz
BrandingEd 88.7/Ed 88.5
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
  • KBPU: 2002 (2002)
  • KTYC: 2011 (2011)
Technical information [1] [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID
  • KBPU: 92030
  • KTYC: 175551
Class
  • KBPU: A
  • KTYC: A
ERP
  • KBPU: 5,000 watts
  • KTYC: 5,000 watts
HAAT
  • KBPU: 15 meters (49 ft)
  • KTYC: 58.9 meters (193 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website ed88radio.com

KBPU (88.7 FM) and KTYC (88.5 FM) are radio stations in De Queen and Nashville, Arkansas. The two stations form a simulcast known as Ed 88 with a variety/classic hits format. The stations are owned and operated by Cossatot Community College, part of the University of Arkansas System, [3] and maintain studios in De Queen and Nashville.

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History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for KBPU to Educational Opportunities, Inc. on September 7, 1999, [4] and issued it the KBPU call sign. [5] On July 25, 2002, the permit was assigned to the American Family Association. [6] The station received its license to cover on December 6, 2002. [7] It aired a Christian format and was an affiliate of American Family Radio. [8]

On January 30, 2004, KBPU was sold to IHR Educational Broadcasting. [9] [10] It was silent throughout much of 2005 and 2006. [11] [12] On May 2, 2006, the station was donated to Radio Assist Ministry/Edgewater Broadcasting. [13] [14] It aired a Christian format as an affiliate of Freedom Radio FM. [15] [16] On June 14, 2012, the station was sold to the board of trustees of the University of Arkansas for $67,500. [17]

In 2007, the University of Arkansas had applied for a construction permit for a station in Nashville, which the FCC approved on May 5, 2009. KTYC was granted program test authority in May 2012, initially broadcasting at 850 watts. [18]

In January 2020, the Ed 88 stations entered into a consent decree with the FCC which saw the payment of a $76,000 penalty for broadcasting improper underwriting announcements that impermissibly promoted products or services in 2016. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KBPU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTYC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "KBPU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  8. ↑ "American Family Radio Network" (PDF). American Family Radio. January 6, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Changing Hands", Broadcasting & Cable . December 14, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  11. ↑ Application Search Details – BLSTA-20050708ACR, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ Application Search Details – BLESTA-20060111ABH, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Silent Arkansas Noncomm Donated", All Access Music Group. March 23, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Stations". Freedom Radio FM. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Stations". Freedom Radio FM. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Noncom FMs sold in Arkansas, Illinois", Radio & Television Business Report. March 27, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  18. ↑ "KTYC Program Test Authority". Federal Communications Commission.
  19. ↑ Adame, Jaime (January 8, 2020). "FCC fines UA board $76,000 over radio announcements". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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