KPBI (AM)

KPBI
City	Fayetteville, Arkansas
Broadcast area	Northwest Arkansas
Frequency	1250 kHz
Ownership
Owner	Larry Morton ; (KTV Media, LLC)
History
First air date	June 30, 1957
Former call signs	KFAY (1957–1986); KHOG (1986–1987); KOFC (1987–2017); KRRD (2017–2021)
Technical information
Facility ID	72491
Class	D
Power	920 watts day; 45 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	36°2′26″N 94°16′32″W / 36.04056°N 94.27556°W
Translator(s)	K291CK (106.1 FM, Fayetteville)

KPBI (1250 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, serving northwest Arkansas. The station is currently owned by Larry Morton, through licensee KTV Media, LLC.

History[]

On February 20, 1957, the Stamps Radio Broadcasting Company, owned by H. Weldon and Clifford L. Stamps, obtained a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to start a new 500-watt, daytime-only radio station in Fayetteville.^[1] Broadcasting from KFAY, the city's second outlet, began on June 30, 1957, with programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and St. Louis Cardinals baseball.^[2] Weldon became the sole owner in 1959 and increased power to 1,000 watts during the day in 1961.^[1]

After building KFAY-FM 92.1 in 1965, Stamps sold the stations in 1966 to the Big Chief Broadcasting Company of Fayetteville.^[1]

The station (then known as KOFC) and its translator K277AZ were acquired by Media One Group from Bott Radio Network on October 2, 2017, at a purchase price of $125,000. The station changed its call sign to KRRD that same day.

The previous Red Dirt country format began to air on the higher-power KXRD on March 15, 2021, as Rox Radio Group sold KRRD and its translator to KTV Media, LLC for $300,000.^[3]^[4] The sale was consummated on May 14, 2021, with the call sign changing to KPBI the same day.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c FCC History Cards for KPBI
^ "Second Radio Station Opens Operation Here". Northwest Arkansas Times. July 1, 1957. p. 15. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
^ Venta, Lance (2021-03-15). "96.7 The Coyote Fayetteville Falls Into Red Dirt". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ Venta, Lance (2021-02-12). "Station Sales Week Of 2/12". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

External links[]

KPBI in the FCC AM station database
KPBI on Radio-Locator
KPBI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[hc-1] FCC History Cards for KPBI

[2] "Second Radio Station Opens Operation Here". Northwest Arkansas Times. July 1, 1957. p. 15. Retrieved May 23, 2021.

[3] Venta, Lance (2021-03-15). "96.7 The Coyote Fayetteville Falls Into Red Dirt". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[4] Venta, Lance (2021-02-12). "Station Sales Week Of 2/12". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

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