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KVRF

Sutton, Alaska United States
Broadcast area	Palmer, Alaska, and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley
Frequency	89.5 MHz
Branding	Big Cabbage Radio
Programming
Format	Variety
Affiliations	National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Ownership
Owner	Radio Free Palmer, Inc.
History
First air date	August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Call sign meaning	Valley Radio Free
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	177165
Class	A
ERP	360 watts
HAAT	−435 m (−1,427 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	61°44′18.2″N 148°54′26.6″W / 61.738389°N 148.907389°W / 61.738389; -148.907389
Translator(s)	K209FY (89.7 MHz, Palmer)
Repeater(s)	KVRK (88.3 MHz, Chickaloon)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.bigcabbageradio.org

KVRF (89.5 FM), branded as Big Cabbage Radio, is a community radio station licensed to Sutton, Alaska, United States. Based in nearby Palmer, Alaska, the station broadcasts to the Matanuska-Susitna Valley with transmitters serving Sutton, Palmer, and Chickaloon. The station airs a wide variety of music, including classical, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, jazz, soul, new-age and tropical, as well as local and national shows. KVRF is owned by Radio Free Palmer, Inc.

History

Radio Free Palmer, named after Radio Free Europe, was formed in April 2005 to seek a permit to build a community radio station to serve the Palmer area. In the meantime, it offered podcasts and organized events to gauge community interest, including a talent show; it also provided archived audio of school board meetings and internet access to downtown Palmer. By 2008, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had granted a construction permit for the station; though backers hoped to be on the air in 2009 or 2010, KVRF began broadcasting on August 23, 2011, using a transmitter gifted by KTNA in Talkeetna. Licensed to Sutton, it was inaudible in Palmer until KSKA donated its translator on Lazy Mountain to extend the service later that year.

Translators

See also

• List of community radio stations in the United States

References

1. ^ "Radio Free Palmer takes to the airwaves today". Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. September 5, 2011.
2. "Facility Technical Data for KVRF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. Schedule Radio Free Palmer. Accessed February 5, 2015
4. KVRF fcc.gov. Accessed February 5, 2015
5. ^ White, Rindi (December 2, 2008). "FCC grants permit to nonprofit group for radio station". Anchorage Daily News.
6. Wellner, Andrew (April 19, 2006). "Ready for radio - Extravaganza pumps up Palmer public". Anchorage Daily News. p. G9.
7. "Mission & History". Big Cabbage Radio.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 177165 (KVRF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KVRF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 807 (K209FY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 765583 (KVRK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K209FY at FCCdata.org

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