KBYR-FM

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KBYR-FM
Broadcast areaSoutheastern Idaho
Frequency 91.5 MHz
BrandingBYU-Idaho Radio
Programming
Format Religious
Ownership
Owner Brigham Young University-Idaho
KBYI
History
First air date
1993 (1993)
Former call signs
  • KWBH (1993–2001)
  • KPRI (March–October 2001)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Class A
ERP 1,000 watts
HAAT 14 meters
Transmitter coordinates
43°49′02″N111°46′45″W / 43.817139°N 111.779139°W / 43.817139; -111.779139
Repeater(s) 89.9  KBYA (Afton, Wyoming)
Links
Public license information
Website www.byui.edu/radio/

KBYR-FM 91.5 is a radio station in Rexburg, Idaho, United States. It is one of two program services operated by BYU-Idaho Radio, the radio division of Brigham Young University-Idaho, and offers inspirational and religious programs.

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It launched as KWBH in 1993, and served as the continuation of the non-broadcast student radio station on the campus of what was then Ricks College, KVIK, [1] which was a carrier current outlet and had existed since 1959. [2] It also aired programs from the Bonneville International LDS Radio Network. [3] As with its sister station, KRIC, it broadcast from Spori Hall until it was gutted in a 2000 fire. The call sign changed in 2001, the same year that Ricks College became BYU–Idaho. [2]

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