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Frequency | KBPU: 88.7
MHz KTYC: 88.5 MHz |
Branding | Ed 88.7/Ed 88.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | KBPU:
2002 KTYC: 2011 |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | KBPU: 92030 KTYC: 175551 |
Class | KBPU: A KTYC: A |
ERP | KBPU: 5,000
watts KTYC: 5,000 watts |
HAAT | KBPU: 15 meters (49 ft) KTYC: 58.9 meters (193 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | KBPU: 34°2′38″N 94°17′41″W / 34.04389°N 94.29472°W KTYC: 33°57′18.5″N 93°52′06.4″W / 33.955139°N 93.868444°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | ed88radio.com |
KBPU (88.7 FM) and KTYC (88.5 FM) are radio stations in De Queen and Nashville, Arkansas. The two stations form a simulcast known as Ed 88 with a variety/classic hits format. The stations are owned and operated by Cossatot Community College, part of the University of Arkansas System, [2] and maintain studios in De Queen and Nashville.
The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for KBPU to Educational Opportunities, Inc. on September 7, 1999, [3] and issued it the KBPU call sign. [4] On July 25, 2002, the permit was assigned to the American Family Association. [5] The station received its license to cover on December 6, 2002. [6] It aired a Christian format and was an affiliate of American Family Radio. [7]
On January 30, 2004, KBPU was sold to IHR Educational Broadcasting. [8] [9] It was silent throughout much of 2005 and 2006. [10] [11] On May 2, 2006, the station was donated to Radio Assist Ministry/Edgewater Broadcasting. [12] [13] It aired a Christian format as an affiliate of Freedom Radio FM. [14] [15] On June 14, 2012, the station was sold to the board of trustees of the University of Arkansas for $67,500. [16]
In 2007, the University of Arkansas had applied for a construction permit for a station in Nashville, which the FCC approved on May 5, 2009. KTYC was granted program test authority in May 2012, initially broadcasting at 850 watts. [17]
In January 2020, the Ed 88 stations entered into a consent decree with the FCC which saw the payment of a $76,000 penalty for broadcasting improper underwriting announcements that impermissibly promoted products or services in 2016. [18]
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