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Radio Station KFAY. Fayetteville’s second radio station, started j its second day today. It got pro-j grams under way yesterday after lightning took a poke at the new station, located on Lewis Avenue about a block off Highway Ifi, west.Weldon Stamps, owner of thenew- station, sawl lightning delayed the first da’s program.* some, but operation of the station was in full swing by the middle of the! morning. KFAY w*ent ou the air after a six-month delay also caused by the weather—too much ram.Stamps operates a Fort Smith radio station, KTCS, as well as tht business here He has been withladio stations since 1930, when he darted with Fort Smith's original station. KFPW He returned to Fort Smith in 1949 to manage Southwestern Publishing (’ o m-panys television and radio interests and in April, 19%. started his own! station in the Border City.He said KFAY will carry Mutual network programs, will be on the Cardinal baseball network on Sundays and vull carrv nfc Gamejp- ■ -2;. ~ -T ijr* Tr ^ tpof ‘he Day six days a week The station will operate from (* a.m., until sunset, which in the summer, Stamps said, will be until 7:30 o. m. He reported plans for local news coverage with a two-way mobile unit.
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Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Mon, Jul 01, 1957
Page 15
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