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shut down in 1917 at the beginning of World War One, but had been revived in 1919 following the end of the wartime restrictions. (Another account states that Moss "began in 1909 with a... hand-wound radio transmitter that transmitted a dot-and-dash signal from the
Coronado Building located on the southeast corner of 9th Street and 10th Avenue in downtown Greeley." In addition, others that have been credited with the May 21, 1921 establishment include Frank Abbott and Professor Charles Valentine and H. E. Green.)
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KFKA has traditionally traced its pre-history to May 21, 1921, the date that an unlicensed amateur station with the self-assigned call letters "GGM" was transferred by Gordon G. Moss from his family ranch to the
Colorado State Teachers College campus. Moss had started this station in 1911, which was
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KFKA was originally operated as a non-commercial educational station. However, the college eventually found it was unable to bear the financial costs. Therefore, on April 11, 1930 KFKA was sold to the Mid-Western Radio
Corporation, which converted it into a commercial operation. At the time, school
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president Dr. G. W. Frasier reported to the FRC that: "During the last two or three years, we have found it to be a financial burden to the institution. We are very enthusiastic about radio and would like to own and operate a station, but at the present time we can not afford to pay the expenses."
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transmissions, and with the help of local radio amateurs
Raymond Wolfe and Alphonse Mott was installing an antenna atop the college's administration building. (The administration building was later renamed Cranford Hall). A campus Wireless Club was formed that same year. In early 1917, the college
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498:, March 1, 1917, page 3. The "9" in 9YZ's call sign indicated that the station was located in the ninth Radio Inspection district, while the leading "Y" was reserved for "Technical and Training School" stations.
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515:, Edition June 30, 1921, pages 9-11.) Also, if Moss' station had been formally licensed as an amateur or experimental station, it would have been issued a call sign starting with the digit "9".
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college football and basketball radio network. It also carries a full slate of high school football and basketball games.
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541:"Greeley radio station was an industry pioneer"
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1601:Radio stations established in 1923
1341:List of radio stations in Colorado
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645:"Alterations and Corrections"
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651:, November 30, 1927, page 7.
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754:FCC History Cards for KFKA
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584:, April 21, 1930, page 3.
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84:Northern Colorado's Voice
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694:Education's Own Stations
683:, June 8, 1932, page 52.
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1481:KVOR – Colorado Springs
1466:KRDO – Colorado Springs
1426:KGLN – Glenwood Springs
635:, May 31, 1927, page 5.
629:"Broadcasting Stations"
603:, July 2, 1923, page 3.
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331:Northern Colorado Bears
205:Transmitter coordinates
790:Radio stations in the
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649:Radio Service Bulletin
633:Radio Service Bulletin
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1456:KNZZ – Grand Junction
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1471:KRDO-FM – Security
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