KTRU

Last updated
KTRU
Broadcast area Iola, Kansas
Frequency 91.9 MHz
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Christian Contemporary
Ownership
OwnerSt. Macrina Media and Education Society
History
First air date
 2011
Former call signs
KFKB (2009-2011) [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 174471
Class A
ERP 750 watts
HAAT 66.2 meters (217 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°57′24.1″N95°22′15.7″W / 37.956694°N 95.371028°W / 37.956694; -95.371028
Translator(s) K253BF (98.5 MHz, Chanute)

KTRU (91.9 FM) is an American non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve the community of La Harpe, Kansas. Established in 2011, this station's broadcast license is held by the St. Macrina Media and Education Society.

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History

In October 2007, Grace Public Radio applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station to serve Girard, Kansas. The FCC granted this permit on October 8, 2008, with a scheduled expiration date of October 8, 2011. [2] The new station was assigned call sign "KFKB" on January 1, 2009. [1]

In August 2010, with the station still under construction, the permit holder applied to change the new station's city of license from Girard to La Harpe, Kansas. The FCC issued a new permit to make this change on April 5, 2011, with a scheduled expiration of October 8, 2011. [3] The station applied for, and was assigned, new call sign "KTRU" by the FCC on May 17, 2011. [1] After construction and testing were completed in October 2011, the station was granted its broadcast license on October 28, 2011. [4] KTRU went silent on September 27, 2018, as Grace prepared to sell the station. [5] Grace then sold the station to the St. Macrina Media and Education Society for $32,000. [6] KTRU returned to the air on September 1, 2019.

The KTRU call letters had previously been associated with the radio station at Rice University in Houston, which had them from its FM debut in 1971 until Rice sold the license in 2011. When Rice got a low-power FM facility in 2015, it adopted the KBLT-LP call letters. With KTRU under St. Macrina ownership, Rice was able to purchase from the right to change KBLT-LP to KTRU-LP in August 2019 for $10,000. [7]

Programming

Under Grace Public Radio, KTRU broadcast a Contemporary Christian format to the greater Iola, Kansas area. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Application Search Details (BNPED-20071015ACV)". FCC Media Bureau. October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BMPED-20100803AAM)". FCC Media Bureau. April 5, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLED-20111003ABA)". FCC Media Bureau. October 28, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ FCC: BLSTA-20181002AAA Request for Silent STA — KTRU
  6. ↑ FCC: BALED-20181120AAB Assignment of License — KTRU
  7. ↑ Karroum, James (September 3, 2019). "Reunited and it sounds so good: KTRU buys back original call sign". Rice Thresher. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron . Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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