KFRH
KFRH (104.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in North Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcasting to the Las Vegas, Nevada area on 104.3 FM. Its studios are in the unincorporated Clark County community of Enterprise and the transmitter is on Potosi Mountains west of the Las Vegas Valley. KFRH is operated by VCY America and airs a religious format.
| City | North Las Vegas, Nevada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Frequency | 104.3 MHz |
| Branding | VCY America |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Patrick Communications (sale to VCY America pending) (W. Lawrence Patrick, Receiver (debtor in possession) |
| Operator | VCY America |
| History | |
First air date | 1987 (as KJUL) |
Former call signs | KJUL (1987-2005) KCYE (2007-2009) |
Call sign meaning | K FResH (former brand name as an AC station at 102.7) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 19062 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 24,500 watts |
| HAAT | 1,128 meters (3,701 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | vcyamerica.org |
History
Early years (1987-2005)
In 1981, The FCC held a spectrum auction for the 104.3 frequency, with a construction permit being issued in 1986 to Eight Chiefs, and it was assigned the KJUL callsign on January 14, 1987.[1] KJUL signed on in March 1990 with an adult standards format.
KJUL was sold to Nevada Radio in January 1997, and then again to which merged with Centennial Nevada in 1998.
In 2005, KJUL was awarded Station Of The Year at the NAB Marconi Awards.
104.3 The Coyote (2005-2008)
On October 3, 2005, KJUL dropped the adult standards format for country music as "The Coyote"; on October 10, KJUL officially became KCYE. (The old callsign was immediately adopted by a station in St. George, Utah. KCYE was later acquired by Beasley Broadcast Group.
104.3 Now FM (2009–2021)
In early 2009, Beasley announced that Royce International Broadcasting would acquire the station. The sale was approved on July 20, and was consummated on August 25, 2009. Upon the closure of the acquisition, KCYE flipped to CHR, branded as 104.3 Now.[2] KCYE also switched callsigns to KFRH, and the former KCYE callsign and branding were relaunched in Boulder City at 102.7 FM.
ASCAP lawsuit and sale
In July 2018, ASCAP and 16 other music rights societies and record labels sued Royce International in a California court for non payment of royalties for its two Top 40/CHR stations, which included KFRH, as well as two California stations: KREV in San Francisco, and KRCK-FM in the Coachella Valley. On July 6, 2020, the court ordered the stations be put into a receivership controlled by broker Larry Patrick,[3] on the condition that the stations be sold. This was the second time the company was sued, a previous lawsuit from 1996 forced the sale of Sacramento station KWOD to Entercom in 2003. The divestiture excludes the two translators.
On December 30, 2020, it was announced that VCY America will purchase the three stations, though Stolz has challenged the divestitures in court.[4] On March 15, 2021, after Judge Jesus Bernal dismissed Stolz' bid to end the receivership and have the stations returned to him, VCY America began operating the three stations under an LMA (local marketing agreement) while the sale of the stations is being finalized.[5]
References
- "Query the REC Nevada FM station database for KFRH". REC Networks. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Venta, Lance (2009-05-29). "Beasley Sells Two In Las Vegas". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
- Venta, Lance (12 July 2020). "Ed Stolz' Stations Transferred To Receivership After Lawsuit From Music Copyright Holders". Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- Venta, Lance (30 December 2020). "VCY America Acquires Ed Stolz' Las Vegas, Palm Springs & San Francisco FMs From Receivership". Radio Insight. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- https://radioinsight.com/headlines/206126/vcy-america-to-begin-lma-of-three-stations-from-stolz-receivership/
External links
- KFRH in the FCC FM station database
- KFRH on Radio-Locator
- KFRH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database