KFNS (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = KFNS


city = Wood River, Illinois
area = Greater St. Louis
branding = "The Fan"
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airdate = 1961 as WBBY
5 April 1993 as KFNS
frequency = 590 kHz
format = Sports Talk
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callsign_meaning = Sports FaNS
former_callsigns = WBBY, WRTH, WKLL, WCEO, KEZK
owner = Big League Broadcasting
licensee = Big Stick One, LLC
sister_stations = KFNS-FM
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website = [http://www.kfns.com/ www.kfns.com]
affiliations = Sporting News Radio

KFNS is an AM radio station in Wood River, Illinois, located at 590 kHz. KFNS's programming is targeted to the St. Louis metropolitan area with studios in Webster Groves, Missouri.

KFNS-FM is an FM radio station in Troy, Missouri, located at 100.7 MHz, and can be heard in Lincoln, St. Charles and Warren counties in eastern Missouri, with the same programming as its AM partner.

Programming

Both KFNS stations go by the name of The Fan.

KFNS is a sports/talk radio station, which also airs St. Louis Steamers indoor soccer games and Saint Louis University basketball games, as well as broadcasting Missouri Tigers games that cannot be broadcasted by their St Louis flagship, KMOX. They also air the weekly "Tiger Talk" radio coaches show. Beginning with the 2006 season, KFNS-FM is the new radio home for River City Rascals baseball games during the summer months.

KFNS (AM) and KFNS-FM are both currently owned by Big League Broadcasting and broadcasts with 1.0 kW of power, 24 hours per day. KFNS broadcasts using 4 towers during the daytime hours and 3 towers at night.

History

KFNS first went on the air circa 1961, as WBBY. WBBY served the Wood River, Illinois area with local news, sports and other programming. In 1965 call letters were changed to WRTH and the easy listening music format became among the most highly rated stations in St. Louis. Among the most well-known announcers were Grant Horton, Paul Warner, Frank Akers, Jim Scanlan and Ed Goodman. The station continued playing musical standards all the way until September, 1988, when WRTH became WKLL, with an all-oldies (50s and 60s Top 40 hits) format. In 1990, the format changed again to an all-business news format under the call-letters WCEO. A year later, the standards were back as WCEO became KEZK-AM. The most recent change occurred when KEZK-AM became KFNS, going from standards to its current sports-talk format on April 5, 1993. KFNS is now the Sporting News Radio affiliate for Greater St. Louis.

External links

* [http://www.kfns.com/ KFNS official website]
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