KRIO-FM
KRIO-FM (97.7 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Roma, Texas, USA. The station, established in 1983, is currently owned by Rio Grande Bible Institute, Inc.
Programming
KRIO-FM broadcasts a Spanish-language Christian radio format. KRIO-FM and sister station KRIO AM 910 simulcast the programming of KOIR (88.5 FM) in nearby Edinburg, Texas.
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on February 25, 1982. The new station was assigned the KBMI call sign by the FCC on June 14, 1982. KBMI received its license to cover from the FCC on January 30, 1985.
In November 1996, Grant Communications Group, Inc., applied to the FCC to transfer the license for this station to Timon Auto & Equipment Leasing Corp. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 24, 1996, and the transaction was consummated on February 20, 1997.
In September 1998, Timon Auto & Equipment Leasing Corp. reached an agreement to sell this station to Horizon Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 26, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on November 10, 1998. Facing technical and financial difficulties, KBMI went dark on August 1, 2004.
Krio
Krio may refer to:
See also
Krio language
Sierra Leonean Creole or Krio is the lingua franca and the de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 97% of Sierra Leone's population and unites the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social interaction with each other. Krio is the primary language of communication among Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad. The language is native to the Sierra Leone Creole people or Krios, (a community of about 300,000 descendants of freed slaves from the West Indies, United States and United Kingdom), and is spoken as a second language by millions of other Sierra Leoneans belonging to the country's indigenous tribes. English is Sierra Leone's official language, while Krio, despite its common use throughout the country, has no official status. Due to its similarity to English, it is often mistaken for English slang.
Overview
The Krio language is an offshoot of the languages and variations of English brought by the Nova Scotian Settlers from North America, Maroons from Jamaica, and the numerous liberated African slaves who settled in Sierra Leone.
