Edward
E. Krebsbach
(1891 - 1970) |
Edward brought
radio to the farmers and ranchers of eastern Montana.
Using a seven-and-a-half watt transmitter in a tiny
bank building in Vida, McCone County, Krebsbach
began broadcasting in 1925. He first operated his
station as 7TF, amateur call letters that came with
equipment purchased from the Jacobs family in nearby
Paxton. In 1926, the station was assigned the call
letters KGCX. Krebsbach moved the station to Wolf
Point in 1929 so it could be licensed for increased
power to serve a larger area, and moved it to Sidney
in 1942 for the same reason. Krebsbach brought radio
to western North Dakota by establishing a KGCX remote
studio in Williston in 1946. Although he was the
first president of the Montana Broadcasters Association,
Ed Krebsbach never considered himself a pioneer
broadcaster. He simply did what he loved to do.
When his first license arrived from Washington,
Krebsbach opened it and said matter-of-factly, "KGCX.
That must be us." |
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HALL OF FAME - Edward E. Krebsbach (1891-1970)