KVRF

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KVRF
Broadcast area Palmer, Alaska, and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley
Frequency 89.5 MHz
BrandingBig Cabbage Radio
Programming
Format Variety
Affiliations National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Ownership
OwnerRadio Free Palmer, Inc.
History
First air date
August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Call sign meaning
Valley Radio Free [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 177165
Class A
ERP 360 watts
HAAT −435 m (−1,427 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 61°44′18.2″N148°54′26.6″W / 61.738389°N 148.907389°W / 61.738389; -148.907389
Translator(s) K209FY (89.7 MHz, Palmer)
Repeater(s) KVRK (88.3 MHz, Chickaloon)
Links
Public license information
Website www.bigcabbageradio.org
Senator Dan Sullivan on the air on KVRF in 2018. Dan Sullivan on KVRF - 2018.jpg
Senator Dan Sullivan on the air on KVRF in 2018.

KVRF (89.5 FM), branded Big Cabbage Radio, is a community radio station licensed to Sutton, Alaska, United States. Based in nearby Palmer, Alaska, the station broadcasts to the Matanuska-Susitna Valley with transmitters serving Sutton, Palmer, and Chickaloon. The station airs a wide variety of music, including classical, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, jazz, soul, new-age and tropical, as well as local and national shows. [3] KVRF is owned by Radio Free Palmer, Inc. [4]

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History

Radio Free Palmer, named after Radio Free Europe, was formed in April 2005 to seek a permit to build a community radio station to serve the Palmer area. [5] In the meantime, it offered podcasts and organized events to gauge community interest, including a talent show; [6] it also provided archived audio of school board meetings and internet access to downtown Palmer. [1] By 2008, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had granted a construction permit for the station; though backers hoped to be on the air in 2009 or 2010, [5] KVRF began broadcasting on August 23, 2011, using a transmitter gifted by KTNA in Talkeetna. Licensed to Sutton, it was inaudible in Palmer until KSKA donated its translator on Lazy Mountain to extend the service later that year. [7]

Translators

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K209FY89.7 FM Palmer, Alaska 807659  m (30  ft)D LMS

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Radio Free Palmer takes to the airwaves today". Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman . September 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KVRF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Schedule Radio Free Palmer. Accessed February 5, 2015
  4. ↑ KVRF fcc.gov. Accessed February 5, 2015
  5. 1 2 White, Rindi (December 2, 2008). "FCC grants permit to nonprofit group for radio station". Anchorage Daily News .
  6. ↑ Wellner, Andrew (April 19, 2006). "Ready for radio - Extravaganza pumps up Palmer public". Anchorage Daily News. p. G9.
  7. ↑ "Mission & History". Big Cabbage Radio.


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