KDIC (FM)

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KDIC
Frequency 88.5 MHz
Ownership
OwnerGrinnell College Trustees of Iowa
History
First air date
May 20, 1968 (as KDIC)
Last air date
July 15, 2022
Technical information
Facility ID 25391
Class A
ERP 130 watts
HAAT 38 meters (125 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°44′56″N92°43′10″W / 41.74889°N 92.71944°W / 41.74889; -92.71944

KDIC (88.5 FM) was a non-commercial radio station licensed to serve Grinnell, Iowa, United States. The station was licensed to Grinnell College Trustees of Iowa. [1]

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History

On December 6, 1948, KGRW began broadcasting as Grinnell College's first radio station. It broadcast popular and classical music, news, and interviews. In 1961, students appealed for funding to upgrade the station equipment, but the request was turned down, and the station closed until spring 1968, when it was reopened as KDIC. [2]

KDIC went on the air on May 20, 1968 on 88.9 MHz using a 10-watt FM transmitter located on the second floor of Darby Gym. During the first year, eighty-five students provided enough staffing to allow for 121 hours a week of programming.

In 1971, after experiencing increasing interference on 88.9 MHz, the FCC approved the frequency change to 88.5 MHz. In 1984, transmitter power was increased to 130 watts. [3]

The licensee failed to file for license renewal by October 1, 2004 and the station's license expired on February 1, 2005. The FCC approved a Special Temporary Authorization (STA) on October 18, 2005 and the station resumed operation, ceasing again on May 12, 2006 in anticipation of the end of the academic year. The FCC granted a second STA on September 22, 2006 and on January 31, 2007 approved the renewal of the KDIC license. [1]

The FCC cancelled KDIC's license again effective July 15, 2022, as the station had been silent since August 31, 2020. The college petitioned the FCC for reinstatement of the license, which occurred on October 27, 2022.

On December 21, 2023, Grinnell College surrendered KDIC's license to the FCC, who cancelled it once again on January 8, 2024.

The station began broadcasting from the KDIC studio via youtube on April 15, 2024 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Railroad track antenna legend

According to campus legend, between the 1950s and 1970s, KGRW committed an FCC violation and was removed from the air for a year after station DJ's illegally connected the radio transmitter to metal train tracks on campus, supposedly creating a transmission radius that was hundreds or possibly thousands of miles. According to FCC records, no such violation has ever been documented. [2] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "KDIC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. 1 2 "Campus Myth Busters". Grinnell College. Grinnell College . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "KDIC History".
  4. ↑ Peter Comings (April 11, 2001). "Oh, And One Other Thing: Memory's". Petoskey News.
  5. ↑ Jose Fritz (August 31, 2005). "The Oldest Urban Legend in Radio". ARCANE RADIO TRIVIA.
  6. ↑ Laura Dripps (7 October 2011). "KDIC gets remastered by local masterminds". Scarlet & Black.
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