KGFW

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KGFW
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Broadcast areaGrand Island-Kearney
Frequency 1340 kHz
Branding1340 KGFW
Programming
Format News Talk
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
KQKY, KRNY
History
First air date
June 1927
Technical information
Facility ID 9933
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 40°40′5.00″N99°4′52.00″W / 40.6680556°N 99.0811111°W / 40.6680556; -99.0811111
Translator(s) 96.1 K241CN (Kearney)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kgfw.com

KGFW (1340 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. [1] Licensed to Kearney, Nebraska, United States, the station serves the Grand Island-Kearney area. The station is owned by NRG Media and features programming from Fox News Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks and Westwood One. [2] KGFW is a sister station to KQKY and KRNY.

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History

The station was founded in Ravenna, Nebraska, in June 1927 by Roy McConnell, a former radio technician in the United States Navy. [3] [4] The station moved to Kearney in 1931. In 1939, the station was purchased by Lloyd "Skipper" Thomas, a Nebraska native who had managed major radio stations including Pittsburgh's KDKA and Boston's WBZ.

After Thomas' death in 1952, the station was purchased by John Mitchell, a lawyer who had worked as a part-time announcer at the station. [5]

Mitchell's stations were purchased by Waitt Radio in 2000. [6] Waitt Radio merged with NewRadio Group in 2005 to form NRG Media.

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References

  1. ↑ "KGFW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  3. ↑ "New stations: Broadcasting stations, alphabetically, by call signals" (PDF). Radio Service Bulletin. Radio Division, United States Department of Commerce (123): 3. June 30, 1927. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ ""FURNITURE THAT TALKS:" A history of KGFW and early radio in Buffalo County". Buffalo Tales (Buffalo County Historical Society). March–April 1995. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "John Mitchell, Sr. -- Hall of Fame 1996". Nebraska Broadcasters Association. May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Waitt Buys Mitchell" (PDF). Mediaweek. March 20, 2000. Retrieved February 24, 2021.


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