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KFMD-FM D-93 RADIO
KFMD-FM D-93 RADIO. Radio station KFMD, a stereo high fidelity radio station began broadcasting in Dubuque in 1967. One of the most powerful radio stations in the mid-West, the program was able to reach an estimated one million people living within a 21,000 square-mile area in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. The new station was licensed by the Telegraph-Herald.
Establishing the call letters for the station led to the discovery that they had been assigned to a ship in the merchant marine. Further investigation revealed that the ship had been retired so the Bureau of Ships agreed to release the letters to the new station.
Engineering facilities and programming had been under development since 1963. Programming originated from the station's studios at 346 West Eighth Avenue. This was beamed across the MISSISSIPPI RIVER to the transmitting site in Wisconsin via microwave.
The 1985 Dubuque City Directory listed 346 W. 8th.
See: RADIO
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Source:
"KFMD to Start Broadcasting Early Next Year," Telegraph-Herald, December 11, 1966, p. 25