KFDS-FM
Radio station in Marquand, Missouri, United States
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KFDS-FM (101.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to the city of Marquand, Missouri. KFDS-FM broadcasts a country music format known as "Kickin' Country 101.9".
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Broadcast area | |
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| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
| Branding | Kickin' Country 101.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Dockins Broadcast Group, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | September 5, 1985 |
Former call signs | KPWB-FM (1985–2026) |
Former frequencies | 104.9 MHz (1985–2024) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50 kW |
| HAAT | 261 meters (856 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°11′35.1″N 90°39′49.4″W |
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Public license information | |
This station began broadcasting as KPWB-FM 104.9, licensed to Piedmont, Missouri, on September 5, 1985.[2] The permit had been included in the sale of KPWB (1140 AM) to Sam English earlier that year.[3][4] As KPWB was a daytime-only station on AM, adding the FM outlet allowed it to begin nighttime broadcasting or even split programming.[3] When KPWB-FM began broadcasting, it was a simulcast of KPWB AM, continuing its format in the evening.[5] In 1991, the KPWB stations were sold to Hunt Broadcasting Group, at which time KPWB AM aired an adult contemporary format.[6]
Dockins Broadcast Group owned KPWB-AM-FM from 2003 to 2008, when the stations were sold to Southern Star Communications of Tennessee. By March 2008, KPWB AM was off the air due to flood damage. A year later, KPWB-FM also went off the air with no notice to advertisers or religious ministries.[7] Dockins, which held a security interest in the KPWB stations after selling to Southern Star, successfully filed seeking back rent and possession of the property and moved to reopen KPWB AM and FM.[8]
In 2024, Dockins Broadcast Group requested to move KPWB-FM to the northeast and change its frequency to 101.9 MHz and city of license to Marquand.[9] Its call sign was changed to KFDS-FM on May 7, 2026.[1]