Information about FCC requirements, needed engineering, studio / transmitter, and KKFI coverage area.
The struggle to put KKFI on the air started in earnest in 1981 when negotiations had to happen with KTSR, the Nazarene station; KGSP, at Park College; and KIEE, a commercial station. The long and drawn out legal work with KTSR will be placed on the KKFISTORY site soon for people to read. It is an amazing story. The letter below highlights attempted negotiation with the Nazarene station which ultimately ended up with them going off the air.
To put up a brand-new radio tower for a new radio station is not easy. Engineering studies had to be done to determine a precise location. The right broadcast equipment had to be ordered.
Continue readingIn September of 2011, the Kansas City assistant mayor activated KKFI’s new transmitter to replace the original one that was first powered-up in 1988.
Radio stations use a “transmitter” – a major piece of equipment – attached to a radio tower to send up the electricity that becomes the broadcast
signal over the airwaves that ends up in listener’s radios.
