KMFS

KMFS (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Guthrie, Oklahoma, and serving the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The station is owned by Family Worship Center Church, Inc.[1][2] It is part of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.

KMFS
CityGuthrie, Oklahoma
Broadcast areaOklahoma City Metroplex
Frequency1490 kHz
BrandingSonLife Radio
Programming
FormatSouthern Gospel - Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
OwnerFamily Worship Center Church, Inc. (Jimmy Swaggart Ministries)
History
Former call signs
KWRW (1956–1970)
KOKC (1970–2004)
Technical information
Facility ID50165
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
35°52′56″N 97°23′34″W
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

KMFS airs Southern Gospel music and Christian talk and teaching programs. It broadcasts at 1,000 watts around the clock, using a non-directional antenna.

History

KWRW went on air in 1956. The station was owned by Southern Broadcasting Company, whose three principals—James A. West, Jr., Elgie M. Risinger, and Delvin R. White[3]—lent their initials to the call letters of the new outlet. A year after signing on, Weldon Sledge, who had run a station in Morrilton, Arkansas,[4] bought KWRW, but he only owned it for a year, as Guthrie Broadcasters—owned by Farrell and Norma Sue Brooks—acquired the station in 1958.[3] The carousel of ownership changes continued; at the end of 1959, KWRW was sold to Howard Daniel Smith, and in mid-1961, the Austin Oil Company bought the radio station.[3]

The call letters were changed to KOKC on December 15, 1970; the next year, Austin Oil won approval to increase the station's daytime power to 500 watts and relocate the transmitter, changes that came into effect in 1972.[3] Pioneer Broadcasters bought KOKC in 1978.

The station was sold to the Family Worship Center in 2003. In 2004, the station became KMFS, freeing up the KOKC call letters to be used at their current home at 1520 AM.

References
  1. "KMFS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "KMFS Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. FCC History Cards for KMFS
  4. "Radio Station's Owner, Manager Arrives In City". Guthrie Daily Leader. July 25, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2020.


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