Future of Community Radio in Missouri and Kansas

REC Networks in partnership with Prometheus Radio Project and Common Frequency have advocated for and guided applications for new Low-Power FM (LPFM) stations. LPFM is not new, having helped college and university radio stations for decades, like KCSW-LP on the campus of Culver-Stockton College in northeast Missouri, KDMC (RAGE 103.7) at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, KHBL in Hannibal, and student-run KZLX on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.

Now that the FCC application filing deadline has passed, people can look forward to new radio stations from the several thousand applications filed, including 52 applications in Missouri and 35 in Kansas.

Communities through the two-state area can look forward to the broadcast medium coming, including the following organizations. One of the most remarkable application was by the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City. Prometheus helped them with their application. The organization has also been seeking to develop a free wireless network in the area in partnership with the Free Network Foundation and Connecting for Good.

Kansas

  • Iglesia De Dios De Manantial in Liberal, Kansas
  • Liberal Music And Education Foundation in Liberal
  • Centro Cristiano Agua Viva in Kansas City, Kansas
  • Iglesia Pentecostal Casa De Dios Para Las Naciones in KCK


Missouri

  • Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri
  • The Int. Radio Project Of Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri (dismissed per applicant's request)
  • North Kansas City Community Radio in Kansas
  • Robert Carter Jr. in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Current River Broadcasting, Inc. and Current River Community Radio Foundation in Doniphan, Missouri
  • Kimberling City Adventist Radio and Ozarks National Coalition Of Artists And Musicians in Kimberling City, Missouri
  • North Campus Partnership in St. Louis
  • North Newstead Association in St. Louis
  • Roosevelt High School in St. Louis
  • Saint Louis Community Radio
  • M & M Community Development Inc Saint Louis
  • Ritenour School District located in suburban St. Louis
  • Webster-Rock Hill Ministries in Webster Grove, a suburb of St. Louis
  • Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • International Institute Of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, Inc.
  • Nixa Seventh-Day Adventist Church
  • Drury University in Springfield, Missouri

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