| KVRF | |
| Branding: | Big Cabbage Radio |
| Frequency: | 89.5 MHz |
| Repeater: | KVRK (88.3 MHz, Chickaloon) |
| Translator: | K209FY (89.7 MHz, Palmer) |
| Country: | US |
| Area: | Palmer, Alaska, and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley |
| Format: | Variety |
| Owner: | Radio Free Palmer, Inc. |
| Erp: | 360 watts |
| Haat: | -4350NaN0 |
| Coordinates: | 61.7384°N -148.9074°W |
| Class: | A |
| Facility Id: | 177165 |
| Affiliations: | National Federation of Community Broadcasters |
| Callsign Meaning: | Valley Radio Free[1] |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KVRF (89.5 FM), branded as Big Cabbage Radio, is a community radio station licensed to Sutton, Alaska, United States. Based in nearby Palmer, Alaska, the station broadcasts to the Matanuska-Susitna Valley with transmitters serving Sutton, Palmer, and Chickaloon. The station airs a wide variety of music, including classical, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, jazz, soul, new-age and tropical, as well as local and national shows.[2] KVRF is owned by Radio Free Palmer, Inc.[3]
Radio Free Palmer, named after Radio Free Europe, was formed in April 2005 to seek a permit to build a community radio station to serve the Palmer area. In the meantime, it offered podcasts and organized events to gauge community interest, including a talent show;[4] it also provided archived audio of school board meetings and internet access to downtown Palmer. By 2008, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had granted a construction permit for the station; though backers hoped to be on the air in 2009 or 2010,[5] KVRF began broadcasting on August 23, 2011, using a transmitter gifted by KTNA in Talkeetna. Licensed to Sutton, it was inaudible in Palmer until KSKA donated its translator on Lazy Mountain to extend the service later that year.[6]