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KFRU
KFRU (1400 AM) is a radio station located in Columbia, Missouri. Its programming format consists primarily of news and talk. The station is licensed to Cumulus Media. The station is also audible on translator K255DJ 98.9 FM in Columbia. History KFRU was founded in Bristow, Oklahoma by E.H. Rollestone, in January 1925. That fall, the station was purchased by Stephens College and moved to Columbia (with Rollestone going on to found KVOO, now KTSB). On September 24, 1935, the Federal Communications Commission approved transfer of the station from Nelson R. Darragh, of St. Louis, to Luther L. Hill, of Des Moines. Several owners later, the station was purchased by the St. Louis ''Star-Times'' newspaper, mostly for its regional broadcast frequency of 630 kHz, later moved to its St. Louis radio station, KXOK. In 1940, KFRU became an affiliate of the Blue Network. The station was assigned its current 1400 kHz frequency in 1941. Mahlon Aldridge, Jr. was appointed manager in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFRU 1400 (logo)
KFRU (1400 AM) is a radio station located in Columbia, Missouri. Its programming format consists primarily of news and talk. The station is licensed to Cumulus Media. The station is also audible on translator K255DJ 98.9 FM in Columbia. History KFRU was founded in Bristow, Oklahoma by E.H. Rollestone, in January 1925. That fall, the station was purchased by Stephens College and moved to Columbia (with Rollestone going on to found KVOO, now KTSB). On September 24, 1935, the Federal Communications Commission approved transfer of the station from Nelson R. Darragh, of St. Louis, to Luther L. Hill, of Des Moines. Several owners later, the station was purchased by the St. Louis ''Star-Times'' newspaper, mostly for its regional broadcast frequency of 630 kHz, later moved to its St. Louis radio station, KXOK. In 1940, KFRU became an affiliate of the Blue Network. The station was assigned its current 1400 kHz frequency in 1941. Mahlon Aldridge, Jr. was appointed manager i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KXOK (defunct)
KYFI (630 AM) is a Conservative Christian radio station broadcasting from St. Louis, Missouri. KYFI is owned and operated by Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc.BBN Stations – KYFI BBN Radio. Accessed October 28, 2013 KYFI's transmitters are located near Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois. The 630 frequency had previously been KXOK, which in the 1960s was one of the leading radio stations in St. Louis, and religious station KJSL from 1994 to 2013. History Construction of KXOK In 1935, Elzey Roberts, publisher of the ''St. Louis Sta ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KPLA
KPLA (101.5 FM) refers to a Cumulus radio station in Columbia, Missouri. KPLA first started out as 101.7 KARO-FM, an "easy listening" station in February 1983. In 1986, it became known as K102. Then in 1994, it became KPLA and has consistently been a Top 3 radio station in the market, playing "soft rock." KPLA broadcasts from the highest tower in Columbia, Missouri, reaching within Mid-Missouri. History Al Germond was responsible for engineering and applying for the 101.7 frequency for KARO-FM under the company name of Columbia FM. In 1992, Al Germond and his business partners, John Ott and David Baugher, bought KFRU-AM under the company name of Columbia AM. Later came additional radio stations, including KBXR-FM 102.3, KOQL-FM 106.1, KJMO-FM, KLIK-AM, KBBM-FM and KZJF-FM, as well as ownership of the Columbia Business Times publishing products. By February 2004, the company had become Premier Marketing Group and sold the radio stations to Cumulus Broadcasting for $38.75 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLIK
KLIK (1240 AM), branded as Newstalk 1240, is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Columbia, Missouri area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media and features programming from ABC Radio and Westwood One. KLIK also operates a local news operation with sister station KFRU (1400 AM in Columbia, Missouri). As of late 2018, KLIK has been operating on FM on 103.5 with translator K278CT. From 1954 until September 8, 1999, KLIK was located at 950 AM, transmitting with a daytime power of 5000 watts and a nighttime power of 500 watts (directional) from a four tower array about 3.2 miles south of Jefferson City. Early owners of KLIK broadcast a varied format of news and talk programs including music programs of middle of the road, top 40, adult contemporary and country music as 95 KLIK. For many years, KLIK and KJFF as the two largest regional radio stations (the most powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth most-populous and fastest growing city, with an estimated 126,254 residents in 2020. As a Midwestern college town, Columbia has a reputation for progressive politics, persuasive journalism, and public art. The tripartite establishment of Stephens College (1833), the University of Missouri (1839), and Columbia College (1851), which surround the city's Downtown to the east, south, and north, has made the city a center of learning. At its center is 8th Street (also known as the Avenue of the Columns), which connects Francis Quadrangle and Jesse Hall to the Boone County Courthouse and the City Hall. Originally an agricultural town, education is now Columbia's primary economic concern, with secondary interests in the healthcare, insurance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KBXR
KBXR 102.3 FM (often referred to simply as BXR) is a local radio station located on Old Highway 63 in Columbia, Missouri. It airs an Adult Album Alternative format with a mixture of alternative rock, classic rock, and more. Features 102-3 BXR interviews bands or singers playing in the city's various locations. These interviews are conducted "Live In Studio X." Past Studio X guests include Joe Strummer of The Clash, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Dave Matthews, Wilco, and Sheryl Crow (who attended the University of Missouri in Columbia). In 2005, KBXR released a CD compilation of songs recorded at the station, calle ''Live from Studio X'' Proceeds from the CD sales went to the Central Missouri Humane Society. The station released a second CD in December 2008 calle''Live from Studio X, Volume 2'' The proceeds from this project go to Boys and Girls Town of Missouri. Annually, during Thanksgiving and about a week after, BXR has a "B to X" special event where the station airs its en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOQL
KOQL (106.1 FM, "Q 106.1") is a Top 40-formatted station owned by Cumulus Media. The station broadcasts from Columbia, Missouri, with an ERP of 69,000 kW. The station serves the Mid-Missouri area. Its transmitter is located about 20 miles west of Jefferson City. The station uses the slogan "All the hits." The station airs the syndicated The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show and mostly out-of-town DJs. Only the afternoon shift is broadcast locally. Station history On March 21, 2003, from 8:10 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., former morning show hosts Cosmo & JC aired a prank phone call between the radio station and Life Crisis Services, a gambling addiction hotline. The FCC complaint stated that the radio station personality pretended to have a legitimate gambling problem. Once the representative from Life Crisis realized it was a prank phone call, she hung up. The station did not inform the hotline the call was for broadcast, which is a violation of Federal Communication Commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJMO
KJMO (97.5 FM) is a radio station serving Central Missouri with a classic hits music format. This station operates on 97.5 MHz HD and is under ownership of Cumulus Broadcasting. , much of the programming featured on KJMO was from Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio. Richard Matthews was the live and local morning show host. On March 27, 2018, Cumulus filed to transfer KJMO and three other stations ( WTOD, WPCK, and WNUQ) into the Cumulus Reorganization Divestiture Trust for a future sale. , KJMO had dropped its oldies format, by then provided by Westwood One's Good Time Oldies format, in favor of the classic hits format previously heard on sister station KZJF; Cumulus had shut down KZJF and surrendered its license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), eliminating the need for the company to sell KJMO or any other station in the Columbia/Jefferson City Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of Missouri, United States. It ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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