KBYI

KBYI is a radio station on 94.3 FM in Rexburg, Idaho, United States. It is one of two terrestrial radio stations owned by Brigham Young University-Idaho and operates as a public radio station for eastern Idaho, with classical music and news from National Public Radio.

For the airport in Burley, Idaho assigned the ICAO code KBYI, see Burley Municipal Airport.
KBYI
CityRexburg, Idaho
Broadcast areaIdaho Falls, Idaho
BrandingBYU-Idaho Radio, 94.3 FM
Slogan"The Music You Want, The News You Need"
Frequency94.3 MHz
First air date1972 (as KRIC)
FormatCollege radio
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT211 meters
ClassC1
Facility ID56345
Call sign meaningBrigham Young Idaho
Former call signsKRIC (1972–2001)
KPRI (February–March 2001)
OwnerBrigham Young University-Idaho
Sister stationsKBYR-FM
Websitewww.byui.edu/radio

Programming

Promoted as "The Music You Want, The News You Need", KBYI broadcasts classical music programming, along with Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and a limited number of LDS-focused religious programming. Local news is planned and produced by BYU-Idaho students; some 20 students work for BYU-Idaho Radio each semester. Sister station KBYR-FM maintains a religious format.

History
KBYI logo used until March 2011.

KRIC signed on at then-Ricks College in September 1972. It was a 10-watt station on 90.1 MHz.[1] In May 1984, KRIC moved to 100.5 MHz and increased its power to 75,000 watts.[2]

In 2011, KBYI moved to 94.3 MHz. The move was part of a multi-state, multi-station series of changes in frequency assignments, which included three swaps in Rexburg and Idaho Falls. The 94.3 frequency was vacated by KSNA, which moved to 99.1; the 99.1 license of KUPI-FM moved to 100.7; and KBYI moved to 94.3.

Translators

KBYI maintains an extensive translator network with 13 dependent translators in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

Broadcast translators of KBYI
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		FCC info
K288DZ105.5Dillon, Montana16937FCC
K290BT105.9Jackson, Wyoming56344FCC
K297AB107.3Burley, Idaho56346FCC
K285CO104.9Pocatello, Idaho56347FCC
K285DF104.9Afton, Wyoming56349FCC
K280EG103.9Freedom, Wyoming56354FCC
K220GV91.9West Yellowstone, Montana89945FCC
K296GL107.1Teton County, Wyoming145607FCC
K258BK99.5Fremont County, Wyoming145649FCC
K202EL88.3Idaho Falls, Idaho146541FCC
K278BY103.5Soda Springs, Idaho146559FCC
K266AU101.1West Yellowstone, Montana155904FCC

K266AU is owned by Ted W. Austin.

References
  1. FCC History Cards for KBYI
  2. "College station on air". South Idaho Press. Associated Press. May 6, 1984. p. 3. Retrieved March 6, 2020.


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