KFNS (AM)

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KFNS
City of license	Wood River, Illinois
Broadcast area	Greater St. Louis
Branding	590 The Man
Frequency	590 kHz AM
First air date	1961 as WBBY
Format	Talk
Power	1,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	13505
Callsign meaning	K FaNS (previous format)
Former callsigns	WBBY (1961-1965) WRTH (1965-1988) WKLL (1988-1990) WCEO (1990-1991) KEZK (1991-1993)
Owner	Big League Broadcasting (Big Stick One, LLC)
Sister stations	KXFN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	590theman.com

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 also broadcast on an FM radio station, known as KFNS-FM, based in Troy, Missouri and located at 100.7 MHz from 1999 until July 15, 2009. It was heard in Lincoln, St. Charles and Warren counties in eastern Missouri, with the same programming as its AM partner. Today, 100.7 FM still operates with the branding of "100.7 The Viper," with a classic rock format.

KFNS flipped to a talk/comedy format on May 1, 2013.^[1]^[2]

Programming

KFNS is a guy talk radio station that goes by the name of The Man. KFNS previously aired St. Louis Steamers indoor soccer, University of Illinois football and men's basketball, the Gateway Grizzlies minor-league baseball team, selected Mizzou Tigers football and basketball games, along with the weekly "Tiger Talk" radio coaches show. In 2009, KFNS was the radio home for the Frontier League's River City Rascals baseball games. KFNS-FM was the radio home for the club in 2006, before losing out to KSLQ-FM in 2007 and 2008. KFNS (AM) and KFNS-FM are both currently owned by Big League Broadcasting and broadcasts with 1 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 a sports-talk format on April 5, 1993. KFNS was the Yahoo! Sports Radio affiliate for Greater St. Louis.

Previous Logo

(KFNS's logo under previous "The Fan" sports format)

References

↑ [httpped://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html "Format Changes"]. Your Midwest Media.
↑ Dan Caesar (Mar 8, 2013). "Caesar: KFNS, 1380 to drop all-sports format". St. Louis Post‑Dispatch. Retrieved Mar 12, 2013.

External links

KFNS official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KFNS

Radio-Locator Information on KFNS

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KFNS

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Coordinates: 38°55′43″N 90°05′08″W / 38.92861°N 90.08556°W / 38.92861; -90.08556

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