KMFS
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Broadcast area | Oklahoma City Metroplex |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1490 kHz |
| Branding | SonLife Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Southern Gospel - Christian talk and teaching |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Family Worship Center Church, Inc. (Jimmy Swaggart Ministries) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 50165 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
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| Website | Official website |
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KMFS (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Guthrie, Oklahoma, and serving the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The station is owned by Family Worship Center Church, Inc.[2][3] It is part of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.
KMFS airs Southern Gospel music and Christian talk and teaching programs. It broadcasts at 1,000 watts around the clock, using a non-directional antenna.
History
KWRW went on air in 1956. The station was owned by Southern Broadcasting Company, whose three principals—James A. West Jr., Elgie M. Risinger, and Delvin R. White[4]—lent their initials to the call letters of the new outlet. A year after signing on, Weldon Sledge, who had run a station in Morrilton, Arkansas,[5] bought KWRW, but he only owned it for a year, as Guthrie Broadcasters—owned by Farrell and Norma Sue Brooks—acquired the station in 1958.[4]Template:R/superscript The carousel of ownership changes continued; at the end of 1959, KWRW was sold to Howard Daniel Smith, and in mid-1961, the Austin Oil Company bought the radio station.[4]Template:R/superscript
The call letters were changed to KOKC on December 15, 1970; the next year, Austin Oil won approval to increase the station's daytime power to 500 watts and relocate the transmitter, changes that came into effect in 1972.[4]Template:R/superscript Pioneer Broadcasters bought KOKC in 1978.
The station was sold to the Family Worship Center in 2003. In 2004, the station became KMFS, freeing up the KOKC call letters to be used at their current home at 1520 AM.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KMFS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KMFS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KMFS Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Cards for KMFS". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Station's Owner, Manager Arrives In City". Guthrie Daily Leader. July 25, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
External links
- Official website
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- KMFS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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