KMFS

{{short description|Radio station in Guthrie–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KMFS
| logo             =
| city             = [[Guthrie, Oklahoma]]
| area             = [[Oklahoma City Metroplex]]
| branding         = ''SonLife Radio''
| frequency        = 1490 [[kHz]]
| repeater         = 
| airdate          = 
| format           = [[Southern Gospel]] - [[Christian talk and teaching]]
| power            = 1,000 [[watt]]s
| erp              = 
| haat             = 
| class            = C
| facility_id      = 50165
| coordinates      = {{coord|35|52|56|N|97|23|34|W|region:US-OK_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = KWRW (1956–1970)<br>KOKC (1970–2004)
| owner            = Family Worship Center Church, Inc. ([[Jimmy Swaggart]] Ministries)
| licensee         = 
| sister_stations  = 
| webcast          = 
| website          = {{official website|http://www.jsm.org}}
| affiliations     =  
}}

'''KMFS''' (1490 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Guthrie, Oklahoma]], and serving the [[Oklahoma City Metroplex]]. The station is owned by Family Worship Center Church, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KMFS |title=KMFS Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=KMFS|title=KMFS Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref>  It is part of the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] Ministries.

KMFS airs [[Southern Gospel]] music and [[Christian talk and teaching]] programs.  It broadcasts at 1,000 [[watt]]s around the clock, using a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]].

==History==
KWRW went on air in 1956. The station was owned by Southern Broadcasting Company, whose three principals—James A. West, Jr., Elgie M. Risinger, and Delvin R. White<ref name="hc">{{FCC letter|letterid=43450|callsign=KMFS|hcards=yes}}</ref>—lent their initials to the call letters of the new outlet. A year after signing on, Weldon Sledge, who had run a station in [[Morrilton, Arkansas]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41864273/|access-date=January 7, 2020|title=Radio Station's Owner, Manager Arrives In City|work=Guthrie Daily Leader|page=1|date=July 25, 1957}}</ref> bought KWRW, but he only owned it for a year, as Guthrie Broadcasters—owned by Farrell and Norma Sue Brooks—acquired the station in 1958.{{r|hc}} The carousel of ownership changes continued; at the end of 1959, KWRW was sold to Howard Daniel Smith, and in mid-1961, the Austin Oil Company bought the radio station.{{r|hc}}

The call letters were changed to KOKC on December 15, 1970; the next year, Austin Oil won approval to increase the station's daytime power to 500 watts and relocate the transmitter, changes that came into effect in 1972.{{r|hc}} Pioneer Broadcasters bought KOKC in 1978.

The station was sold to the Family Worship Center in 2003. In 2004, the station became KMFS, freeing up the KOKC call letters to be used at their current home at [[KOKC (AM)|1520 AM]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.jsm.org}}
{{AM station data|KMFS}}

{{Oklahoma City Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in Oklahoma}}

[[Category:Christian radio stations in Oklahoma|MFS]]
[[Category:Gospel radio stations in the United States]]


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