KAFF (AM)

Last updated
KAFF
Frequency 930 kHz
BrandingKAFF News Radio
Programming
Format News/Talk
Network ABC News Radio
Affiliations Bloomberg Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Compass Media Networks
Radio America
Westwood One
Northern Arizona University sports
Ownership
Owner
  • Roger and Nancy Anderson
  • (Flagstaff Radio, Inc.)
KAFF-FM, KFSZ, KMGN, KNOT, KTMG
History
First air date
October 1962;61 years ago (1962-10) (as KFGT)
Former call signs
KFGT (1962–1963)
KAFF (1963–1982)
KFLG (1982–1986)
Call sign meaning
Sounds like "Calf" (refers to Country music format)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 25694
Class D
Power 5,000 watts day
31 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 35°11′26″N111°40′37″W / 35.19056°N 111.67694°W / 35.19056; -111.67694
Translator(s) 93.5 K228XO (Flagstaff)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kaffnewsradio.com
Martha McSally live on air in 2020 on KAFF. Martha McSally on KAFF 2019.jpg
Martha McSally live on air in 2020 on KAFF.

KAFF (930 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Flagstaff, Arizona, airing a news/talk radio format. It is owned by Roger and Nancy Anderson, through licensee Flagstaff Radio, Inc. The studios are on West Route 66 in Flagstaff.

Contents

By day, KAFF is powered at 5,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. But to protect other stations on 930 AM from interference, at night KAFF greatly reduces power to 31 watts. AM 930 is a regional broadcast frequency. Programming is also heard on FM translator K228XO at 93.5 FM. The station is branded as "KAFF News Radio 93.5 and 930."

Programming

Weekdays begin with a local news and information show hosted by Jeff Kennedy. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk shows, including The Chad Benson Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, The Tom Sullivan Show, Red Eye Radio, America in the Morning and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.

Updates are supplied by the KAFF news room and ABC News Radio. The station also carries Fox Sports Radio on weekday evenings and weekends, and Northern Arizona University play-by-play sports.

History

The station signed on the air in October 1962;61 years ago. The original call sign was KFGT. It was an automated station owned by Gene Philippi. [2] Not long after signing on, the station went silent and was sold.

The new owner was Guy Christian, who changed the call sign to KAFF and put the station back on air that fall. [3]

Previous logo KAFF Legends93.5-930 logo.png
Previous logo

An FM sister station, 92.9 KFLG, signed on in 1968. It originally played adult contemporary music during the day, country music at night and classical music for a few hours on Sunday. The two stations swapped call letters on March 1, 1982, with the FM station becoming KAFF and the AM station becoming KFLG. On December 16, 1986, KFLG changed its call sign back to KAFF. [4] KAFF 930 began airing classic country music, while KAFF-FM 92.9 concentrates on current and recent country hits.

On August 1, 2024, KAFF changed their format from classic country to news/talk, branded as "KAFF News Radio". [5]

Translators

KAFF rebroadcasts on the following translator:

Broadcast translator for KAFF
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
K228XO93.5 FM Flagstaff, Arizona 3059810D LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KAFF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Flagstaff's Newest – KFGT – Unique Automated Station". Arizona Daily Sun. November 1, 1962.
  3. ↑ "Station KAFF Goes on Air Next Monday". Arizona Daily Sun. September 20, 1963.
  4. ↑ "KAFF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ KAFF Drops Classic Country For News/Talk Radioinsight - August 1, 2024
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