KRVN-FM
Radio station in Lexington, Nebraska, United States
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KRVN-FM (93.1 FM, "River 93.1") is a country formatted radio station licensed to Lexington, Nebraska, United States. The station serves the Grand Island-Kearney area broadcasting from an 890-foot tower in Lexington, Nebraska. The station was established in November 1962 by the Nebraska Rural Radio Association, the farmer-rancher cooperative that opened KRVN, an AM agricultural news station, in 1951, and since acquired a network of stations across Nebraska.[3][4] KRVN-FM is a radio partner of University of Nebraska-Kearney (UNK) Athletics.[5]
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| Broadcast area | Grand Island–Kearney, Nebraska |
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| Frequency | 93.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | River 93.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nebraska Rural Radio Association |
| KRVN (AM), KAMI | |
| History | |
First air date | November 1962 [1] |
Call sign meaning | "Rural Voice of Nebraska" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48001 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 271.2 meters (890 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°41′48.00″N 99°47′18.00″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | krvn.com |
History
On November 23, 1962, just three weeks after its initial sign-on, the original tower collapsed due to a storm. A new tower was installed and brought the station back on the air on July 1, 1963. Less than a year later, on June 22, 1964, a tornado tore off the top 400 feet of the structure. The station went down again when the 600-foot tower collapsed in January 1969, and a storm took it down yet another tower on October 30, 1971. The station finally returned to the air with a stable 50,000 watts on May 27, 1976. KRVN-FM went to 100,000 watts in January 1984. [6]
