KFYI
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| City of license | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix metropolitan area |
| Branding | Newstalk 550 KFYI |
| Slogan | The Valley's Talk Station |
| Frequency | 550 kHz AM (Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | July 10, 1985 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts daytime; 1,000 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
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| Callsign meaning | For Your Information |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kfyi.com |
550 AM KFYI is an American news/talk radio station broadcasting in Phoenix, Arizona. KFYI is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KFYI transmits in both analog AM and digital HD Radio.
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[edit] Programming
KFYI's weekday lineup is approximately an even mix of local and syndicated programming. Local personalities heard on KFYI include Bruce Jacobs, Barry Young, and former Congressman J. D. Hayworth. The syndicated programming is similar to the standard Clear Channel news talk lineup and includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Because of Arizona's time zone irregularities (the state does not participate in daylight saving time), the syndicated programs air on a tape delay during the spring and summer months.
On weekends, KFYI is the flagship of the WestStar TalkRadio Network's talk programming, which includes The Kim Komando Show and The Other Side with Steve Godfrey.
[edit] History
Beginning in 1985, 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. Its city of license is Phoenix, Arizona.
KFYI Host Barry Young served as the station's program director from 1988 until 1998. Joe Adams (news) has been with the station since the beginning.
[edit] Controversy
On March 8, 2006, KFYI made news when 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 Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton to complain to the FCC, calling the remarks "irresponsible and dangerous".[2]
[edit] References
- ^ worldnetdaily.com
- ^ Associated Press, April 10, 2006. Officials: Radio host's call to kill border crossers dangerous
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KFYI
- Radio Locator Information on KFYI
- Aerial photo of KFYI transmitter from Google Local
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