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KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr interviews then-City Manager Bruce Woody/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostKFEQ Radio adapted over the past 100 years, always striving to inform its audience and entertain as well.This is the final segment of our five-part seriesNo longer a music station, KFEQ now offers agricultural, news, talk, and sports programming.Former News Director Barry Birr continues to host the KFEQ Hotline even in retirement, a program he started in 1992, after KFEQ beca...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostKFEQ celebrates 100 years on the air this week.To celebrate, we will run a series of stories on the rich history of the station each day this week.But, what does it mean for a radio station to celebrate its 100th birthday?"It is a remarkable achievement. In fact, I believe this is the first centennial that I'm aware of in radio stations that I know about, certainly here in the rural Midwest," retired Kansas State media professor Steve Smethers of Manh...