KMFS

KMFS
Guthrie, Oklahoma;
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City Metroplex
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	SonLife Radio
Programming
Format	Southern Gospel - Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner	Family Worship Center Church, Inc. (Jimmy Swaggart Ministries)
History
Former call signs	KWRW (1956–1970); KOKC (1970–2004)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	50165
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	35°52′56″N 97°23′34″W / 35.88222°N 97.39278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	Official website

KMFS (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Guthrie, Oklahoma, and serving the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The station is owned by Family Worship Center Church, Inc.^[2]^[3] It is part of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.

KMFS airs Southern Gospel music and Christian talk and teaching programs. It broadcasts at 1,000 watts around the clock, using a 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^[4]—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,^[5] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

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.^[4] 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 1520 AM.