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Back in 1972, radio station KOPN was founded to serve the Columbia, Missouri area. The station was licensed for broadcast early the next year and now – over 50 years later – the community radio station that wasn’t expected to survive is still going strong.
In 2022, the KOPN Oral History Project captured memories from the station’s founders, former staff and long-time programmers. This podcast episode draws from those oral histories to tell a history of the station.
Radio station KOPN is real and can be streamed here.
Thanks for listening to this podcast about the history of the 24th state. Catch more podcast episodes at MoCurious.com.
Stay curious, Missouri.
By Trevor HarrisBack in 1972, radio station KOPN was founded to serve the Columbia, Missouri area. The station was licensed for broadcast early the next year and now – over 50 years later – the community radio station that wasn’t expected to survive is still going strong.
In 2022, the KOPN Oral History Project captured memories from the station’s founders, former staff and long-time programmers. This podcast episode draws from those oral histories to tell a history of the station.
Radio station KOPN is real and can be streamed here.
Thanks for listening to this podcast about the history of the 24th state. Catch more podcast episodes at MoCurious.com.
Stay curious, Missouri.