KRIB

KRIB (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Mason City, Iowa. The station is owned by Alpha Media and airs an Adult Standards music format.

KRIB
Frequency1490 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
BrandingAM 1490 & FM 96.7 KRIB
Programming
FormatAdult standards
AffiliationsAP News
Ownership
Owner
KGLO, KIAI, KLSS, KYTC
History
First air date
1948
Technical information
Facility ID47095
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
43°08′06″N 93°12′28″W
Translator(s)96.7 K244FA (Mason City)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitekribam.com

First on-air in 1948, the station was assigned the KRIB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[1]

The Winter Dance Party

KRIB was one of the first radio stations in Iowa to play rock and roll in the mid-1950s, thus attracting a young audience. In February 1959, the station was one of the sponsors of the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, and the show's master of ceremonies was KRIB disc jockey Bob Hale. The show featured The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly; infamously, all three perished in a plane crash just north of the Mason City airport that night.

Over sixty years later, KRIB still changes their music format during the week of the anniversary of the Winter Dance Party, playing hit songs of the late 1950s and early 1960s, with an emphasis on tunes from February 1959.[2]

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "KRIB website". KRIB-AM.


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