KBEW-FM 88.1 is an affiliate of the American Family Association (AFA) radio network. The broadcast antenna for this 60,000 watt station is located on top of an obsolete AT&T microwave tower from the 1950s. From this tower KBEW can reach listeners in LA and AR, with a range all the way to Pine Bluff AR, 70 miles away.
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"KBPW-FM 88.1 MHz
Hampton, Arkansas
Station Format: Religious
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Station Owner: American Family Association
Station Address:
P O Box 1452
Washington, DC 20013
KBPW-FM Technical Details:
Station Status Licensed Class C1
Non-Commercial FM Station
Vertical Effective Radiated Power 60,000 Watts
Vertical Height above Avg. Terrain 103 meters (338 feet)
Vertical Height above Ground Level 94 meters (308 feet)
Vertical Height above Sea Level 153 meters (502 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 33° 32' 11" N, 92° 28' 08" W
License Granted November 23 2001
License Expires June 01 2020
Last FCC Update May 25 2012"
Blasterz listened to this station for under 5 minutes, and we were horrified by the craziness and hatred we heard from our car radio.
The AFA is a self-described non-profit that "promotes traditional American family values." From what we heard, they are instead a right-wing extremist Evangelical Christian broadcaster.
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"American Family Association
The American Family Association (AFA) is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes fundamentalist Christian values. It opposes same-sex marriage, pornography, and abortion. It also takes a position on a variety of other public policy goals and has lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act. It was founded in 1977 by Donald Wildmon as the National Federation for Decency and is headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi.
The AFA defined itself as "a Christian organization promoting the biblical ethic of decency in American society with primary emphasis on television and other media," later switching their stated emphasis to "moral issues that impact the family." It engages in activism efforts, including boycotts, buycotts, action alert emails, publications on the AFA's web sites or in the AFA Journal, broadcasts on American Family Radio, and lobbying. The organization is accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) and posted a 2011 budget of over US$16 million.[16] AFA owns 200 American Family Radio stations in 33 states, seven affiliate stations in seven states, and one affiliate TV station (KAZQ) in New Mexico.
AFA has been listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as of November 2010 for the "propagation of known falsehoods" and the use of "demonizing propaganda" against LGBT people."
After what we heard on the station in the short time we tuned in, that designation is no surprise. See: (
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"Initially founded as the National Federation for Decency, the American Family Association (AFA) originally focused on what it considered indecent television programming and pornography. The AFA says it promotes "traditional moral values" in media. A large part of that work involves "combating the homosexual agenda" through various means, including publicizing companies that have pro-gay policies and organizing boycotts against them. The AFA has a variety of outlets to disseminate its message, including the American Family Radio Network, its online One News Now and the monthly AFA Journal. In early 2011, the AFA claimed more than 2 million online supporters and 180,000 subscribers to its Journal.
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Buster Wilson, the general manager of AFR and host of the program “AFA Today,” suggested in 2012 that God might have sent Hurricane Isaac as punishment for a New Orleans LGBT festival and also tried to link the repeal of DADT to increased suicides, alcoholism, sexual assaults, and violence in the military. Wilson, a conspiracy theorist and member of the antigovernment “Patriot” group Oathkeepers, has also floated the idea that the Department of Homeland Security is buying millions of rounds of ammunition and possibly planning war against American civilians."