KBFC is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Forrest City, Arkansas

Forrest City, Arkansas

Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who used the location as a campsite for a construction crew completing a railroad between Memphis and Little Rock, shortly after the Civil War. The...

, USA. The station, established in 1960, is owned and operated by the Forrest City Broadcasting Company.

Programming

KBFC broadcasts a country music

Country music

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 format and features programming from Citadel Media. In addition to its usual music programming, KBFC airs regional and local news

Local news

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 as well as a morning show in simulcast

Simulcast

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 with sister station

Sister station

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 KXJK. KBFC broadcasts Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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 Razorbacks football

Arkansas Razorbacks football

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 and men's basketball

Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball

The Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team represents the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The school's team currently competes in the Southeastern Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2008...

 games.

History

This station began broadcast operations on September 22, 1960, as an FM simulcast of Forrest City Broadcasting Company sister station KXJK (950 AM

AM broadcasting

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). The station was assigned the KBFC call sign

Call sign

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 by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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.

Originally broadcasting with just 670 watt

Watt

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s of effective radiated power

Effective radiated power

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, KBFC upgraded its signal to 3,000 watts in 1970. In 1991, the FCC granted the station a new construction permit

Construction permit

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 to relocate its broadcast tower and upgrade to 25,000 watts as a Class C3 station. KBFC began licensed broadcasting from the new site in July 1992.

Current staff

• General Manager: Jeff Fogg
• Assistant Manager: Richard Benson
• Sales Manager: Rob Johnson
• News Director: Rick Holt
• Secretary: Krystal Bargery
• Engineer: Eric Wall
• Board Operator: Brodie Johnson