KRFA-FM

Last updated
KRFA-FM
Frequency 91.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format Public radio; News/Talk, Classical Music
Subchannels
Affiliations National Public Radio
American Public Media
Public Radio International
Ownership
Owner Washington 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 ID 71016
Class C1
ERP 28,000 watts
HAAT 282 meters (925 ft)
Links
Webcast Stream
Website nwpr.org

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.

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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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