KFBD-FM

KFBD-FM
Broadcast areaWaynesville, Missouri
Rolla, Missouri
Frequency97.9 MHz
Branding97.9 the Source
Programming
FormatAdult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
KJPW, KBNN, KOZQ-FM, KJEL, KIIK
History
First air date
December 9, 1964
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID4259
ClassC3
ERP10,000 watts
HAAT157 meters (515 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°56′50″N 92°21′18″W / 37.94722°N 92.35500°W / 37.94722; -92.35500
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteKFBD-FM Online

KFBD-FM (97.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Waynesville, Missouri, United States. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.[2]

KFBD-FM and its AM sister station, KJPW, are the dominant news radio providers in the Pulaski County area, which includes Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, and St. Robert.

The stations compete with the only other station broadcasting from Pulaski County, KFLW Radio, owned by the Lebanon Daily Record and working locally from the St. Robert offices of the Pulaski County Mirror weekly newspaper.

Gary Knehans was honored by the Waynesville City Council on Sept. 19, 2013, for fifty years of service as a reporter with the radio station. Knehans was hired by the original owners of the radio station about half a year after it went on the air, originally with the call letters KJPW, and now serves as operations manager for KJPW/KFBD as well as two other stations.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFBD-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KFBD-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-10-18.