KVAR (FM)

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KVAR
City Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Frequency 93.7 MHz
BrandingAlley Cat 93
Programming
Format Classic rock
Ownership
OwnerAlleycat Communications
History
First air date
 2008
Technical information
Facility ID 164093
Class C3
ERP 12,000 watts
HAAT 146 meters (479 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°49′47″N102°39′8″W / 42.82972°N 102.65222°W / 42.82972; -102.65222 Coordinates: 42°49′47″N102°39′8″W / 42.82972°N 102.65222°W / 42.82972; -102.65222
Repeater(s) KCFD (88.1 MHz, Crawford, NE)
KVKR (88.7 MHz, Pine Ridge)

KVAR (93.7 FM, "Alley Cat 93") is a non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. [1] Licensed to serve the community of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States, the station is currently owned by Alleycat Communications. [2]

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History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on August 4, 2005. [3] The station was assigned the KVAR call sign on August 29, 2005, [4] and received its license to cover on September 23, 2008. [5]

Attesting that it had aired no paid commercials since it was licensed and that it had arranged a partnership with a local college, KVAR applied in November 2008 to become a non-commercial educational station. [6] The FCC granted this request on December 18, 2008. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ "KVAR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Application Search Details (BMLED-20081120ACF)". FCC Media Bureau. December 16, 2008.


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