“. . . and the ship’s wise men
will remind you once again,
that the whole wide world is watching!

Oh the foes will rise,
with the sleep still in their eyes,
and they’ll jerk from their beds
and think they’re dreamin’,

But they’ll pinch themselves and squeal,
and know that it’s for real,
the hour when the ship comes in

And they’ll raise their hands
saying we’ll meet all your demands,
But we’ll shout from the bow,
‘your days are numbered’!

And like pharaoh’s tribe
they’ll be drownded in the tide,
and like Goliath,
they’ll be conquered!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c9_XkYYjTU

At the Mainmark Building on 1627 Main Street in Kansas City.

After 11 years of work, Mid-Coast Radio finally put KKFI on the air!

A great party was held at the site of the new studios at the Mainmark Building. The first connection to the transmitter and radio tower was done over phone lines since no “studio-tower-link” had been set up yet.

The first radio programs were recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder produced in temporary basement studios. The tapes were then taken out to the tower location and played back on an identical tape recorder to the transmitter which broadcast the shows.

This was the first program schedule – at first the station only went on the air from 10 in the morning and signed off (to the song “Route 66”) at 10 PM. A year later, KKFI would expand to a full 24-hour schedule.

First on-air program guide put together by Kevin Dowd, Matt Quinn, and a whole crew of KKFI volunteers!

1988 Program Guide September/November.

1988 Program Guide December.