KFMR is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Ballard, Utah

Ballard, Utah

Ballard is a town in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 566 at the 2000 census, a decrease of 78 persons from the 1990 population of 644.-Geography:Ballard is located at ....

, USA. The station is currently owned by SkyWest Media LLC, an Arizona

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-based company.

KFMR has been off the air

Dark (broadcasting)

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 for financial reasons since June 6, 2009, and remains silent pending a proposed sale.

Launch

This station received its original construction permit

Construction permit

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 for a new station at 95.7 MHz to serve the community of Marbleton, Wyoming

Marbleton, Wyoming

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, from the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on April 21, 2005

2005 in radio

The year 2005 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:*April 29 - KFRC 610 AM in San Francisco, switches formats as a result of ownership change. KFRC becomes KEAR, the "Sound of the New Life", a listener-supported, gospel/religious only station. It had been previously KFRC from...

. The new station was assigned the KFMR call sign

Call sign

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 by the FCC on August 19, 2005.

On April 8, 2008, the FCC authorized a change for the still-under construction station in broadcast frequency to 95.5 MHz and in community of license to Ballard, Utah

Ballard, Utah

Ballard is a town in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 566 at the 2000 census, a decrease of 78 persons from the 1990 population of 644.-Geography:Ballard is located at ....

—roughly 200 miles south of Marblelton, Wyoming. KFMR received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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 from the FCC on June 10, 2008.

Falling silent

On July 17, 2008, KFMR's owners notified the FCC that the station had fallen silent on June 10, 2008—the very day it had received its broadcast license—over programming issues. In their application, SkyWest Media requested authority to remain silent "until it has finalized and implemented its programming plans." The Commission granted this authority on December 18, 2008, with an expiration date of June 11, 2009. As a matter of law, of KFMR was unable to resume broadcasting within one year of going dark)

Dark (broadcasting)

In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...

 it would be liable to forfeit its broadcast license.

On June 8, 2009, having been on the air briefly to beat the looming one-year deadline, the station reported to the FCC that it had fallen silent once again, this time on June 6, 2009, and this time for "financial" reasons. It requested a new authorization to remain silent and the FCC has accepted this application for filing but taken no further action.

Proposed sale

In July 2009, SkyWest Media, LLC, reached an agreement to sell this station to Cochise Media Licenses, LLC, as part of a three-station deal in exchange for $552,000 in debt forgiveness. SkyWest Media is owned by Ted Tucker Jr. and Cochise Media Licenses is owned by his father, Ted Tucker Sr. This application was accepted for filing on July 13, 2009, but the Commission has taken no further action on the application.