K237FR
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| Translator of KYYO-HD2 | |
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Broadcast area | Olympia, Washington |
| Frequency | 95.3 MHz |
| Branding | Olympia's 95.3 KGY |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 2014 |
Call sign meaning | "K" means the station is located west of the Mississippi River. "237" is the channel number corresponding to 95.3. "FR" is sequentially assigned. |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 140747 | |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 220 watts |
| HAAT | 90 m (295 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
K237FR ("Olympia's 95.3 KGY") is a translator radio station licensed to Tumwater, Washington, which serves the Olympia region. It broadcasts with 220 watts at 95.3 FM, relaying the classic hits programming carried over the HD2 subchannel of KYYO in McCleary.
K237FR is a Class D translator, and was first licensed in 2014. It was initially used to provide an FM signal for KGY (1240 AM) in Olympia, Washington. KYYO concurrently changed its own call sign from KGY-FM in order to avoid confusion. Initially KGY's programming was retransmitted by KYYO-HD2, which was in turn retransmitted by K237FR.
Later in 2014, the original KGY on 1240 AM was sold to Sacred Heart Radio, which changed the station's call letters to KBUP.[2] At this point there were no longer any stations officially assigned the KGY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission. However the "classic hits" format that had originated at KGY continued to be broadcast by KYYO-HD2, using the slogan "Olympia's 95.3 KGY", and this programming continued to be retransmitted on K237FR.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for K237FR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ KGY History (kgyfm.com)
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Olympia's KGY 95.3" official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 140747 (K237FR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K237FR at FCCdata.org