KKED
{{short description|Radio station in Fairbanks, Alaska}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = KKED logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| format = Alternative rock
| class = C1
| former_callsigns = KUAC (1962–1977)
KUAC-FM (1977–1997)
KUAC (8/1/1997)
KUAB (1997–1998)
| owner = iHeartMedia
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| name = KKED
| city = Fairbanks, Alaska
| area = Fairbanks, Alaska
| branding = Alt 104.7
| frequency = 104.7 MHz
| sister_stations = KAKQ-FM, KFBX, KIAK-FM
| airdate = {{start date|1962|10|1}} (license, as KUAC in College, Alaska, license moved to Fairbanks on March 9, 1976){{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=69732 |title= History Cards for KKED (as KUAC)|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)
June 22, 1998
| former_frequencies = 104.9 MHz (1962–1968)
| erp = 46,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|174|m|ft|sp=us}}
| facility_id = 69120
| callsign_meaning = K K EDge (former branding)
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/alt-1047-3332/ Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|https://alt1047.iheart.com/}}
| affiliations = Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KKED (104.7 FM) is an alternative rock radio station in Fairbanks, Alaska. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.
History
{{further|KUAC (FM)}}
The KKED license traces its roots to the oldest FM radio station in Interior Alaska. On October 1, 1962,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53598483/|accessdate=June 16, 2020|date=October 1, 1962|work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|title=Radio Station Opening at UA|page=9}} the University of Alaska Fairbanks launched KUAC, the first public radio station in the state of Alaska, at 104.9 FM. It replaced an older carrier current station on the campus.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53598372/|accessdate=June 16, 2020|date=February 1, 1962|work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|title=University Asking Permit For FM Broadcast Station|page=2}} In July 1968, the station moved to 104.7 MHz{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53598704/|accessdate=June 16, 2020|date=July 5, 1968|work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|title=University Radio Station Gets Transmitting Boost|page=6}} and increased the effective radiated power of its transmitter atop the Student Union Building to 10,500 watts.
Until 1982, the portion of the FM band below 100 MHz, including the typical noncommercial educational reserved band of 88–92 MHz, was reserved in Alaska for telecommunications purposes.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-01-25.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=January 25, 1982|title=For the Record|accessdate=May 31, 2020|page=106}} As a result, KUAC, as well as other public radio stations in Alaska such as KSKA, operated on licenses that, if sold, could be converted to commercial operation. In 1995, the station landed a $178,000 federal grant to build a new, more powerful facility broadcasting with 38,000 watts at 89.9 MHz—in the reserved band—atop the Ester Dome.{{cite news|title=KUAC gears up|page=B-1|work=Fairbanks Daily News Miner|first=Dermot|last=Cole|date=September 25, 1995}} By comparison, the 104.7 facility was atop the shorter Bender Mountain at 10,000 watts.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-27-1997-1815207/|accessdate=June 16, 2020|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-27-1997-1815208/ B2]|title=Dogs get top billing at fund drive|first=Erin|last=Lillie|work=Fairbanks Daily News Miner|date=October 27, 1997}} 89.9 MHz, bearing the call letters KUAB, came to air in April 1997 while the 104.7 studio-transmitter link was broken.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-15-1997-1815204/|accessdate=June 16, 2020|date=April 15, 1997|first=Dermot|last=Cole|work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|page=B-1|title=KUAC moves frequency}}
The new facility in the reserved band opened up the ability for the University of Alaska Fairbanks to sell the 104.7 license, which traded call letters to become KUAB, to a commercial buyer. Capstar, a forerunner to iHeartMedia, acquired the facility for $205,000 in February 1998.{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-02-06.pdf|work=Radio & Records|accessdate=June 16, 2020|date=February 6, 1998|title=Transactions|page=6}} On June 22, the frequency became a commercial alternative rock outlet known as "The Edge";{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-12-1998-1785424/|pages=D-1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-12-1998-1785422/ D-2]|work=Fairbanks Daily News Miner|date=July 12, 1998|first=Patricia|last=Jones|title=New radio station takes rock to the Edge|accessdate=June 16, 2020}} the call letters changed to KKED on July 10.{{cite web|url=https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Call_Sign_Changes/pnmm8102.txt|author=FCC|date=July 10, 1998|title=Mass Media Bureau Call Sign Actions|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}
The "Edge" moniker was used until 2016, when the station rebranded as Alt 104.7, retaining the alternative format.{{cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/107456/edge-shifts-to-alt-in-fairbanks/|accessdate=June 16, 2020|first=Lance|last=Venta|title=Edge Shifts To Alt In Fairbanks|date=July 27, 2016|work=RadioInsight}}
Programming
KKED has no local air talent. Its personalities are syndicated through the internal Premium Choice service.{{r|shifts}}
References
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External links
- [https://alt1047.iheart.com/ Alt 104.7's official website]
{{FM station data|69120|KKED}}
{{Fairbanks Radio}}
{{IHeartMedia}}
{{coord|64.915|N|147.650|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC|display=title}}
Category:Adult album alternative radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1998