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KGBI-FM (100.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=KGBI-FM Facility Record )〕 Licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska area. The station is currently owned by Pennsylvania Media Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of the Salem Media Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Information Profile )〕 ==Station history== Grace Bible Institute began operation in 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska as an extension of Oklahoma Bible Academy in Meno, Oklahoma. Both institutions were affiliated with the General Mennonite Conference, and the addition of an Omaha school was intended to give a boost to enrollment by being based in a larger city with more employment opportunities for its students. One of the outreaches of Grace that began during the early 1950s was a weekly radio program. The school had been offered free air time on KOIL radio in Omaha, and on February 3, 1952, "Grace Notes" began to air. The half-hour weekly program was prepared by students with the help of the Grace music department. In 1953 this program moved to KFAB, a 50,000 watt clear-channel station with a much larger coverage area. Additionally, the program was carried on stations in other states, where there were alumni who were willing to help underwrite the costs of broadcasting. During the 1960s, Grace's president was Waldo Harder. With the support of students and the faculty, he began to campaign for an FM radio station that would be operated by Grace Bible Institute, to reach Omaha and the surrounding area with Bible teaching and inspirational music. Between 1963 to 1965, preparations were made to make the station possible, including the necessary FCC license and the city of Omaha for permits. Ward Childerston, a 1954 Grace alumnus, was hired as station manager. Built entirely with donations, KGBI-FM began broadcasting on May 17, 1966 from a station and antenna based on the Grace campus. It broadcast with a power of 30,000 watts, and the original broadcast day ran only from 3 pm to 10 pm. By October 1, 1966, the schedule had expanded to seventeen hours daily, and by January 1, 1969 the daily broadcast schedule ran from 6 am to midnight. The original on-campus tower was in height. In 1973 KGBI-FM moved its tower to a new site fifteen miles (24 km) southwest of Omaha. The new tower allowed the station to broadcast a 100,000 watt signal in full stereo. As much as the taller tower had allowed KGBI-FM to extend its coverage area, by the late 1980s it was showing its age. After sixteen years of use and weather-related damage (it was struck by lightning more than once), a new tower was needed. This change was made more necessary by a new FCC mandate, which had then made it a requirement that all class C stations broadcast from at least a tower, or risk being reclassified and potentially lose access to their current coverage area. The new tower was brought into service on June 1, 1990, and expanded the coverage area to as far as away. The broadcast was also expanded by an hour, to run from 6 am to 1 am daily. Grace Bible Institute itself continued to grow and expand. In 1976, the name was changed to Grace College of the Bible, to reflect its full status as a four-year institution of higher learning. The radio station also began a further expansion at this time. In May, 1976, the Board of Directors approved purchase of radio station KROA-FM in Doniphan, Nebraska (between Grand Island and Hastings. With a 100,000 watt signal, KROA reached much of central Nebraska. The transfer of operations took effect in 1977, and much of the programming of KGBI-FM in Omaha was mirrored on KROA-FM. By January 1979, it became possible to expand the programming of KGBI-FM to a full 24-hours-per-day. In early 2010 KGBI started the KGBI Rock Block playing Christian rock music from bands such as Skillet, Family Force 5, Paramore etc. On March 31, 2014 KGBI-FM rebranded as "100.7 The Fish".〔(KGBI Omaha Gets Hooked to a Fish )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KGBI-FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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