ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003, KHEN 106.9 broadcast on-air for the first time. This moment represented years of hard work for volunteers of the Salida-based radio station. The task required both the construction of a physical space and the navigation of licensing logistics with the Federal Communications Commission. However, while KHEN might hold the honor of being the first legal community station in Salida, it was not truly the first. That distinction belongs to Free Range Radio. This pirate station, active circa 1997, operated out of a windowless room above First Street with a 1-watt transmitter and an antenna made of…
