KFYI

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KFYI

City of license	Phoenix, Arizona
Broadcast area	Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	Newstalk 550 KFYI
Slogan	The Valley's Talk Station
First air date	July 10, 1985
Frequency	550 (kHz)
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts daytime; 1,000 watts nighttime
Class	B
Callsign meaning	For Your Information
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	www.kfyi.com

550 AM KFYI is a news/talk radio station broadcasting out of Phoenix, Arizona. KFYI is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KFYI transmits in both analog AM and digital HD Radio.

1 Lineup
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Lineup

The Wall Street Journal airs weekday mornings on KFYI from 4am-5am. The station's morning weekday lineup consist of local personalities Bruce Jacobs (5am-8am) and Barry Young (8am-10am). Midday hosts are syndicated talkers Rush Limbaugh (10am-1pm) and Sean Hannity (1pm-4pm). Joe Crummey hosts the local afternoon drive show (4pm-7pm). National host Michael Savage is tape delayed for the evenings (7pm-10pm). Late night programming (10pm-5am) is Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Meteorologist Royal Norman handles the weather duties.

On Saturdays the lineup consists of Mike Broomhead (6am-8am), Dr. Bob Martin (8am-12pm), Kim Komando (12pm-2pm), Jan D'Atri (2pm-4pm), Michael Reagan (4pm-6pm), Roberta Gale (6pm-8pm), 'The Other Side' with Steve Godfrey (8pm-10pm), and Art Bell (10pm-5am).

Sunday lineup consists of garden talk with Brian Whitfill (7am-8am), financial talk with Keith DeGreen (8am-11am), Bill Handel's 'Handel on the Law' (11am-2pm), Mike Broomhead (2pm-5pm), Terry Gilberg (5pm-7pm), Matt Drudge (7pm-10pm), and Art Bell (10pm-5am).

[edit] History

KFYI formerly broadcast on 910 AM, which is now the home to KFYI's sports sister station, KGME which in turn switched from 550 on the AM dial.

KFYI Host Barry Young served as the station's Program Director from 1988 until 1998. It was primarily his guidance that led to the station's methodical growth in ratings. Founded by Detroit businessman and attorney Fred Weber, KFYI is known throughout the broadcasting industry as one of America's legendary "David and Golaith" broadcasting success stories, beginning as a small and fledgling station with no listeners in July,1985 until finally becoming the top rated broadcast station in its city of license, Phoenix, Arizona in 1999. Mark Jeffrey (traffic) and Joe Adams (news) have been with the station since the beginning.

On March 8, 2006, KFYI made news when a temporary fill-in host Brian James suggested that the United States National Guard and Border Patrol should shoot to kill people illegally crossing the US-Mexican border.[1] He also stated on the air that he would be "happy to sit there with my high-powered rifle and my night scope" and kill people as they cross the border. Those remarks prompted Democratic Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton to complain to the FCC, calling the remarks "irresponsible and dangerous"^[1]

KFYI has hosted other notable talk show hosts in the past including Tom Liddy, Austin Hill, Tom Leykis, Charles Goyette, Bob Mohan, John Dayl, and Joe Arpaio.