Coming up on KRFY

Happy 2023!

Programming highlight for Quarter One:

Inland Island has returned to KRFY’s airwaves. The best in classic and new reggae music, hosted live from downtown Sandpoint on Monday evenings at 8PM. Hosted by James Benoit, mon.

Yep, KRFY is ON AIR AT 88.5 FM

After a few days in which our radio signal was down, KRFY Community Radio is back on the air waves at 88.5 FM on your radio dial.

Our broadcasting did continue via our live stream here on our website, but the tower where we leased space for our antenna was being removed, and it necessitated a move of our antenna to a temporary location on the downtown building that houses our studio. We’re now broadcasting at lower power; it is producing a good signal in Sandpoint and nearby environs, but may be impacting reception for our listeners farther out in the county.

To get back up to full power, we’ll have another move coming sometime in the upcoming month, after the FCC approves a move of our antenna to a new permanent location on a tower space we’re leasing from the Lake Pend Oreille School District (big THANKS to LPSOD). We’ll be able to manage that move with much less downtime of the radio signal.

Thanks to our associate station manager, Jack Peterson, for his tenacious hard work facilitating a quick “fix” to get our broadcast signal back on the air. Here’s a picture of the crew retrieving our antenna from the tower before its removal.

And remember listeners: Anytime the broadcast signal is interrupted, check our online stream; see the link on this page, or tell your digital assistant “play KRFY.”

Membership Drive is NOW

CLICK HERE TO DONATE AND BECOME A MEMBER

Panhandle Community Radio is calling on all listeners in the region once again to step up and support local, noncommercial community radio. The station has been broadcasting at 88.5 FM for over 10 years, bringing local groups and individuals too numerous to name into its studio and onto the airwaves– as well as presenting nationally syndicated entertainment and informational programming that can’t be heard elsewhere on the dial in our area. Once a year, the station turns over its broadcast to the mission of sustaining its own operations, and that time has come once again. Click on the link above to make a simple, safe contribution to your radio station.

If online commerce isn’t your thing, OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY FOR YOUR CALL at (208) 265-2992 (during normal business hours). You can also visit us at the station upstairs at 323 N. First Ave.

From May 31-June 3, every day will feature a special morning show at 8AM with guests affiliated with the radio station, from volunteer DJs to local businesses who underwrite the station to nationally syndicated program hosts. A second hour will feature live music and entertainment from the studio in downtown Sandpoint. Meanwhile KRFY Volunteers will be busily preparing behind the scenes for the (drumroll please) Eighty-eight Five LIVE DRIVE… details below!

88.5 LIVE DRIVE this Saturday

Candidate interviews for contested races

As part of our Local Decision 2022 series from April 7-May 12 on the KRFY Morning Show, host Chris Bessler interviewed candidates in the May 17 primary for contested local races for Bonner County offices and District 1 Legislature. All candidates are on the Republican party ballot, as there are no contested races on the Democratic ballot. Interviews ran around 15 minutes each. Click below to listen to individual interviews.

• Bonner County Assessor. Aired April 7.
  – Grant Dorman. Click to listen.
  – Donna Gow (incumbent). Click to listen.
  – Jessi Webster. Click to listen.

• Bonner County Commissioner in District 2. Aired April 14.
  – Jeff Connolly (incumbent). Click to listen.
  – Randi Flaherty. Click to listen.
  – Asia Williams. Click to listen.

• Bonner County Commissioner in District 3. Aired April 28.
  – Dave Bowman. Click to listen.
  – Richard Harter. Click to listen.
  – Ron Korn. Click to listen.
  – Luke Omodt. Click to listen.
  – Brian Riley. Click to listen.

• Idaho District 1 State Senate. Aired April 21.
  – Scott Herndon. Click to listen.
  – Jim Woodward (incumbent) Click to listen.

• Idaho District 1 State Representative, Seat B. Aired May 5.
  – Sage Dixon (incumbent). Click to listen.
  Candidate Todd Engel declined the invitation to interview.

• Idaho District 1 State Representative, Seat A. Aired May 12.
  – Adam Rorick. Click to listen.
  – Mark Sauter. Click to listen.
  – Travis Thompson. Click to listen.
  – Cynthia Weiss. Click to listen.
  Candidate Spencer Hutchings did not respond to invitations to interview.

Additionally, 88.5 KRFY co-sponsored with SandpointOnline.com and the Sandpoint Reader two candidate forums. On May 2, candidates for Bonner County assessor and both commissioner seats fielded questions from the audience; on May 3, candidates for Idaho Legislature in Senate and both House seats answered questions. Each forum ran about 2 hours in length. Click to listen the forum recordings:

• May 2: Candidate forum for Bonner County offices
• May 3: Candidate forum for Idaho Legislature offices

The Idaho primary election is May 17, 2022. For more information on the candidates plus details on registering to vote, party affiliation and how and were to vote, a comprehensive online voter’s guide is at the Sandpoint Online Election Central.

Hear the recordings from our forums

KRFY Community Radio, collaborating with the Sandpoint Reader and Sandpoint Online, conducted two candidate forums May 2-3, covering all the contested races for voters in the May 17 primary election.

We broadcast the forums each night live at 88.5 FM, as well as streamed them here. Did you miss a forum? The complete audio recording of each forum is available below to stream now or download!

County races forum May 2: Candidates in the two contested commissioner races and the contested county assessor race.

CLICK HERE for the County races forum audio»

Legislative District 1 forum May 3: Candidates for Idaho state Senate and state Representative, Seats A and B.

CLICK HERE for the Legislative races forum audio»

Learn more to be an informed voter. As part of our ongoing Local Decision 2022 series, KRFY is conducting individual interviews with all candidates in the May 17 primary in contested county and legislative races. Hear those interviews on our Podcasts page»

Morning Show Schedule: Sheriff Daryl Wheeler, Christmas Bird Count, Senator Shawn Keough, Human Rights Day

Morning Show Schedule: End of the Year Giving, Giving Tuesday and Festival at Sandpoint

Morning Show Schedule – Week of November 19: Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education and Redhead Express Band