KMFA

KMFA

City	Austin, Texas
Broadcast area	Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area
Branding	Classical 89.5 KMFA
Slogan	Your home for the classics
Frequency	89.5 (MHz)
First air date	1:00pm CST, January 29, 1967
Format	Classical
ERP	40,000 watts
HAAT	398 meters (1,306 ft)
Class	C1
Facility ID	8685
Callsign meaning	Klassical Music For Austin
Owner	Capitol Broadcasting Association
Webcast	KMFA Live Feed
Website	www.kmfa.org

KMFA FM 89.5 is an Austin, Texas non-profit, listener-supported radio station playing classical music and licensed in Austin, Texas with an effective radiated power of 40,000 watts. It is currently under ownership of Capitol Broadcasting Association. The broadcast schedule consists of playlists announced by local hosts, as well as nationally syndicated broadcasts, including those from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera during its season, and the Radio Netherlands Live! at the Concertgebouw series. On the weekends, the NPR program From the Top, showcasing young classical musicians, is heard on KMFA, as well as a program of classical music from the School of Music at the University of Texas-Austin. During the overnight hours (generally 10 PM to 6 AM), the Music Through the Night service from Public Radio International is heard.

KMFA is licensed to broadcast a digital hybrid HD signal.^[1]

History

At 1:00pm CST, January 29, 1967 KMFA signed on the air with Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture".

References

↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=8685

External links

Official site

Radio stations in Austin, Texas

By AM frequency	590 970 1060¹ 1120 1260 1300 1370 1440 1490 1530 1560 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.5 91.7 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.7 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 104.3 104.9 105.3 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 (Austin)

By callsign	K242CC KAMX KASE-FM KAZI KBPA KDRP-LP KELG KFIT¹ KFMK KGSR KHFI-FM KIXL KJCE KKMJ-FM KLBJ KLBJ-FM KLGO KLJA KLLR KLQB KLZT KMFA KMLR KNLE-FM KOKE KOKE-FM KOOP KPEZ KROX-FM KTAE KTSW KTXW KTXX-FM KTXZ KUT KUTX KVET KVET-FM KVLR KVRX KXPW-LP KYLR KZNX WXK27

Defunct	KUOL/1470

Nearby radio markets Bryan–College Station Dallas–Fort Worth Houston–Galveston Kerrville–Fredericksburg Killeen–Temple San Antonio Victoria Waco See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Coordinates: 30°19′23″N 97°48′00″W / 30.323°N 97.800°W / 30.323; -97.800

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