KBYR-FM

{{short description|Christian radio station at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho}}

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KBYR-FM

| logo = KBYR-FM Logo.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| city = Rexburg, Idaho | country = US

| area = Southeastern Idaho

| branding = BYU-Idaho Radio

| airdate = {{Start date|1993}}

| frequency = 91.5 MHz

| format = Religious

| erp = 1,000 watts

| haat = 14 meters

| class = A

| owner = Brigham Young University-Idaho

| licensing_authority = FCC

| webcast =

| repeaters = {{Radio Relay|89.9|KBYA|Afton, Wyoming}}

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KWBH (1993–2001)|KPRI (March–October 2001)}}

| sister_stations = KBYI

| website = {{URL|https://www.byui.edu/radio/}}

| callsign_meaning =

| coordinates = {{coord|43.817139|-111.779139|type:landmark_region:US-ID_source:FCC|format=dms |display=inline,title}}

}}

KBYR-FM 91.5 is a radio station in Rexburg, Idaho, United States. It is one of two program services operated by BYU-Idaho Radio, the radio division of Brigham Young University-Idaho, and offers inspirational and religious programs.

It launched as KWBH in 1993, and served as the continuation of the non-broadcast student radio station on the campus of what was then Ricks College, KVIK,{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/community-bids-farewell-bossard/xaymtbhaoormkbdpqvynwkvqtwsbqonb_ip-10-166-46-105_1713676292795|page=B2|work=Post Register|title=Community bids farewell to Bossard|first=Janet|last=Howard|date=March 10, 1994}} which was a carrier current outlet and had existed since 1959.{{r|EIN240418}} It also aired programs from the Bonneville International LDS Radio Network.{{Cite news |last=Arave |first=Lynn |date=January 13, 1995 |title=Host of 'Morning Edition' to help raise fund for KUSU |url=https://www.deseret.com/1995/1/13/19153188/host-of-morning-edition-to-help-raise-fund-for-kusu/ |access-date=April 21, 2024 |work=Deseret News |language=en}} As with its sister station, KRIC, it broadcast from Spori Hall until it was gutted in a 2000 fire. The call sign changed in 2001, the same year that Ricks College became BYU–Idaho.{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Rett |date=April 18, 2024 |title=Local radio station celebrating 40 years of broadcasting |url=https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/04/local-radio-station-celebrating-40-years-of-broadcasting/ |access-date=April 21, 2024 |language=en-US}}

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