KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY RADIO STATION CELEBRATES 20 YEARS ON-AIR IN 2008
KKFI started broadcasting as a 100,000-watt FM station on
90.1 on the FM dial in Kansas City, Missouri,
USA, February 28th 1988. KKFI will observe its anniversary
throughout the entire year of 2008 with many events.
This web site went on-line on 3/28/08 and helps kick-off the year of
celebration. It also chronicles
history, facts, and, interesting anecdotes about the struggle to get the station going
and keep it on the air as a community station.
On this site you will find newsletters, program guides,
photos of DJs, posters, video clips of the first day of broadcast and
anniversaries, and audio MP3s of some material broadcast on KKFI.
Efforts to start a Kansas City Community radio station began
in 1977 as the Mid-Coast Radio Project (which was a joking comment on media
dominated by the East and West Coasts). It took 11 years, some of them very lean,
to get the station on the air as KKFI 90.1 FM which may be found today
streaming at KKFI.ORG.
Links below are set up to learn more about KKFI and
community radio. Some will be active
later.
KKFI HISTORY & ARCHIVES ACTIVE LINKS
KKFI HISTORY & ARCHIVES FUTURE LINKS
First of several anniversary events took place at
Californos in Westport
from 7 to 9 PM on 2/28/08.
Photos will follow.
- Anniversary
events
- How
did this madness get unleashed on radio?
- What
is KKFI?
- Program
schedules through the years
- Newsletters
and Program Guides
- Photos
of KKFI and volunteers
- Posters
- T-Shirts
and premiums of the past
- Historic
Documents
- Those
who made it possible
KKFI FUTURE VIDEO
AND AUDIO CLIPS:
- Video
from the first day on the air
- Video
from the 5th anniversary
- MP3 Voices
of KKFI Programmers
- Show
clips
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KKFI fifth
anniversary poster, 1993
This web page is now active at this site,
KKFISTORY.ORG. The site is an archive
of materials collected on the radio station and KKFI, the Mid-Coast Radio
Project, Inc., and Friends of Community Media, Inc. are not responsible for
its contents Materials included here
are have been donated by individuals interested in KKFI’s
history and enthusiastic about the concept of community media and community
radio.
For information contact enarcmot@cs.com or call (816) 561-6288.
KKFI Website KKFI.ORG
Friends of Community Media
Website OURFCM.ORG
Site updated 3/29/08
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