Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 157

Radio frequency still for sale On the air By Mark Marymoht Selling price of nearly $1 million is for the frequency only does not include equipment or call letters. Efforts to sell the frequency of radio station KWFC are continuing. The 100,000 watt FM frequency, 97.3, "is currently licensed to Baptist Bible College. KWFC has been airing gospel music, religious programming and commercials going on the air in 1969. Recently, retiring BBC president W.E.

Dowell confirmed that the station's frequency was for sale. Last week BBC business manager Wayne Edwards and KWFC manaeer William F. AsIcpw sairti Hot ciirh an agreement had been signed with a Fayetteville, Ark. businessman named Pat Demaree. A pAntlinnf line 1aam 1 1 1 1 1 1.

29 tornado, and I haven't been able to get it fixed yet the distraught Snow said. "It stormed about a week ago and he got loose and I haven't seen him since. He's run off three times since the tornado. He's kind of a dumb dog." Perhaps Kody was just embarassed by the tacky promotion his master's station is involved in It seems that KWTO is selling "I survived the tornado" T-shirts. Scott Alexander, KWTO-FM operations manager, said that although the AM and FM stations have sold almost 200 of the shirts, they have received some complaints.

"Some people did think it was in poor taste," Alexander said. "But they are turning around the intent of the promotion. We didn't mean to offend anybody. 1 think a lot of people see them as a rememberance of a bad time. But we didnt mean to hurt anybody." If you feel the need to have a T-shirt to remember that night, there are FM and AM shirts available.

uas uccu sigiieu siaung uial we Will sell the 97.3 frequency to Mr. Demaree, but there are a number of conditions that have to be met," Edwards said. "First, we retain the KWFC call letters, and also all broadcasting equipment, including the studios on the BBC campus. We also have to receive a non-commercial FM frequency that would allow us to continue serving the audience that presently listens to KWFC." Demaree, who owns stations in Fayetteville and Jo-plin, acknowledged signing an agreement with BBC. "That contract is contingent on a lot of things," Demaree said in a telephone interview, "It could take up to a What to do on a Sunday night? Tired of old movies and reruns of "Star nrork" nn lata year to get everything straight with the Federal Communications Commission.

Unless BBC gets a non-commercial frequency to replace the commercial one, they won't sell 97.3. We also need to make sure the Springfield and Joplin frequencies wouldn't overlap, since the FCC won't allow that. "I really cant say what sort of programming I would put on the station if I get it," Demaree said. "When 1 bought WMBH-AM and KKUZ-FM in Joplin I conducted a survey of the market to see what kind of format was needed. The AM is country and the FM station is adult Sunday night television? You might want to try the "Larry King Show," 10:30 p.m on KSPR.

BQD King is the acerbic host of the radio talkshow that runs nightly on the Mutual Network. His television show began earlier this year. The program is produced in Washington, D.C. and King has had some politicians like Tip O'Neill as well as actors and the usual ration of kooks like the guy last Sunday that was against blacks, taxes and women's, rights because the Bible told him so. King is smart enough to let the kooks hoist themselves on their own silly petards.

With a celebrity he avoids gushing. The only negative is that King is obviously used to being on radio and not television. He occasionally looks a bit uncomfortable, sort of like he just noticed something swimming in his coffee cup. Try it it's an interesting way to wind up your weekend. And now 'Your Town' on TV "Your Town," a series of four programs made by a television production class at Southwest Missouri State University, is to debut at 7 p.m.

Wednesday on television station KOZK. EDO The program, which profiles a number of Ozarkers and some Ozarks towns as well, is to air in that time slot for the next month. The students have done an excellent job. You can watch one segment without having seen the others, so check it out if you have a chance. Mark Marymont, a former radio disc jockey and producer, is a columnist and features writer, for Springfield Newspapers.

Askew, who has managed KWFC since it went on the air, said KWFC on a new frequency would be basically the same station it is now. "I'm looking forward to starting again," Askew said. "Being non-commercial will give us an opportunity to concentrate on spreading the message to our fellowship. It will give us a little more latitude and I won't have to spend as much time on the business end. "We do pretty well as a commercial station," he said.

"I think we have always had a professional sound. As far as changing the station, we have always, if you'll pardon the expression, been in an evolution. We have tried to modify things to make the station better." Askew and Edwards both emphasized that BBC will have to be assured of a frequency, hopefully in the range of 50,000 watts, so they can continue Christian broad-' casting in Springfield. The price for their current frequency is in the $925,000 ran do Kody phone home Woodv P. Snow, morning bum at raHin rtatinn KWTn.

FM, has lost his dog. Kody, a 9 month old solid black German Shepherd, ran away a week ago, and was still missing at press time. "My back-yard fence was torn town during the April.