KFNX
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1100kHz |
| Branding | 1100 KFNX |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Network | CBS News Radio |
| Affiliations | Fox News Talk Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | June 27, 1997 |
Former call signs | KCCF (1997–1998) |
Call signmeaning | For "Phoenix" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9421 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000wattsday 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°47′52″N111°59′30″W/ 33.79778°N 111.99167°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1100kfnx |
KFNX(1100AM) is acommercialradio stationlicensedtoCave Creek, Arizona,and serving thePhoenix metropolitan area.It airs atalk radioformatand is owned by Futures and Options, Inc., headed by William J. Brady.
By day, KFNX is powered at 50,000watts,the maximum for commercial AM stations. But1100 AMis aclear channel frequency.So to avoid interference to other stations, KFNX reduces power at night to 1,000 watts. It uses adirectional antennawith a three-tower array.Thetransmitteris on East Carefree Highway in the Desert View Village neighborhood of Phoenix.[2]
Programming
[edit]Most programs on KFNX arenationally syndicated.Weekdays begin withAmerica in the Morningfollowed byBrian Kilmeade and Friends,The Dan Bongino Show,Markley Van Camp & Robbins, The Bill Brady Show,The Erick Erickson Show,The Joe Pags Show,America at Night with Rich ValdésandOur American Stories with Lee Habeeb.
Weekends feature some specialty andbrokered programs.Syndicated weekend programs includeArmstrong & Getty,The Weekend with Michael Brown,The Takeaway with Major Garrett,The Guy Benson Show,theCBS News Weekend Roundup,CBS Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergandJill on Money with Jill Schlesinger.KFNX is also the Phoenix market's broadcaster forUniversity of Arizona Wildcatsfootball and basketball.[3]
KFNX was voted one of the top ten radio stations in Arizona byRanking Arizona.Most hours begin with an update fromCBS News Radioand local news from the KFNX newsroom. It also features traffic reports and local weather forecasts with formerKTVKweatherman and formerArizona Lotterydrawing host Jim Howl.[4]
History
[edit]The station was originally proposed by Peter V. Gureckis ofRockville, Maryland,doing business as Cave Creek Broadcasting Company.[5]Aconstruction permitwas awarded to Gureckis by theFederal Communications Commissionon June 4, 1991. TheKCCFcall signwas granted on July 12, 1991.
Gureckis enlisted Phoenix broadcast executive Ray Cox to build and sign on the station, with the target format ofadult standards.[6]After six years of delays in securing a transmitter site, KCCF signed on June 27, 1997, with a full-servicemiddle of the roadformat helmed by veteran DJ Bill Heywood instead of the adult standards/big band format Cox originally wanted.[7]Being a new music station on the AM dial was an uphill battle for KCCF, especially when most music formats had shifted to FM by 1997. They did not show up in theArbitronratings. Gureckis sold his stake in KCCF in early 1998 to Broadcast Development, LLC (partially owned by Cox), but that ownership wouldn't last long.
On June 8, 1998, Cox sold KCCF for $5.5 million to North American Broadcasting Company, headed by Francis Battaglia,[8]who promptly changed the format to brokered talk as a part-time simulcast of Battaglia's existing station,WALEinProvidence, Rhode Island.On August 3, 1998, the station changed to the current call sign, KFNX.[9]In 2004, new general manager Mike Barna reduced the amount of brokered hours and added more local hosts.[10]Barna left the station within a year, and later became owner ofclassic countrystationKSWGinWickenburg.The station shifted back to a format of syndicated and brokered talk.
In 2005, after years of operating inChapter 11 bankruptcy,Battaglia sold a majority stake in KFNX to Lyle Campbell, reorganizing North American into Premier Radio Stations, LLC (not related toiHeartMedia-ownedPremiere Networks). The format was not changed, and Battaglia still ran the station. Campbell filed for personalChapter 7 bankruptcy,and in 2017, control of the station was reverted to a trustee.
On June 14, 2019, the bankruptcy trustee sold KFNX to Futures and Options, Inc., headed by William Brady ofJupiter, Florida,pending FCC and bankruptcy court approval.[11]Futures and Options closed on its deal on November 5 of the same year. Futures and Options is now the sole owner and operator. Soon afterward, KFNX affiliated with CBS News Radio and began featuring its top-of-the-hour news updates as well as audio rebroadcasts ofFace the Nationand60 Minutes.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KFNX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Radio-Locator /KFNX
- ^"Prime Time Hosts".KFNX.RetrievedNovember 16,2015.
- ^"About KFNX".KFNX.RetrievedOctober 2,2013.
- ^"New Stations: Actions"(PDF).Broadcasting Magazine.February 28, 1988. p. 70.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
- ^Newberg, Julie (January 25, 1992)."KNNS finds niche with format change, offering news, sports".Arizona Republic.p. C7.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
- ^Van Dyke, Charlie (June 28, 1997)."1 man's dream: KCCF finally hits Valley's AM band".Arizona Republic.p. D9.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
- ^"Changing Hands"(PDF).Broadcasting & Cable.June 15, 1998. p. 69.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
- ^"KFNX Call Sign History".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^"KFNX Web Site: Program Schedule".Internet Archive.June 4, 2004. Archived fromthe originalon June 4, 2004.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
- ^"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction or License".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
External links
[edit]- Official Station Website
- KFNX Program Schedule
- Facility details for Facility ID 9421 (KFNX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KFNXinNielsen Audio's AM station database