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Classical 89 50th Anniversary
At Classical 89 we're aging well. Fifty is the new forte.
Classical 89 50th Anniversary Organ Fest III
50 Years Ago .... The Reason for our Celebration

In 1958, the KBYU studios lost access to Provo power lines. Another means of broadcast needed to be found. At the same time, FM transmissions were emerging as the industry standard but required a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Owen Rich, now a member of the BYU faculty, filed the application Aug. 17, 1959 and received approval in 1960. At the time the call letters “KBYU” were assigned to a liberty ship, so on May 9, 1960, BYU began FM broadcasts as KBRG. The FCC assigned the KBYU call letters to BYU’s FM station on May 19, 1960, and on Nov. 9, 1960, KBYU-FM aired its inaugural program.

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