KRIB

KRIB (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Mason City, Iowa. The station is owned by Alpha Media. It airs an Adult Standards music format. KRIB was one of the first radio stations in Iowa to play Rock and Roll in the mid-1950s and garnered all of the young audience. KRIB is also the radio station that was one of the sponsors of the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa in February 1959 featuring The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly, which ended that evening with all three dying in a plane crash just north of the Mason City airport. The concert was M.C.'d by Bob Hale a disc jockey at KRIB at the time. KRIB still changes their music format during the week anniversary of the Winter Dance Party to play all of the hit songs of the late 1950s and early 1960s with an emphasis on the songs from February 1959.[1]

KRIB
CityMason City, Iowa
Frequency1490 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
BrandingAM 1490 & FM 96.7 KRIB
SloganAmerica's Best Music
Programming
FormatAdult standards
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
OwnerAlpha Media
(Alpha 3E Licensee LLC)
Sister stationsKGLO, KIAI, KLSS, KYTC
History
First air date1948
Technical information
Facility ID47095
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates43°08′06″N 93°12′28″W
Translator(s)96.7 K244FA (Mason City)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitekribam.com

The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

References
  1. "KRIB website". KRIB-AM.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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