KRFY Radio

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.”

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!