KBFX (FM)

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KBFX
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Broadcast area Anchorage metropolitan area
Frequency 100.5 MHz
Branding100.5 The Fox
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
KASH-FM, KENI, KGOT, KTZN, KYMG
History
First air date
1978 (as KHVN)
Former call signs
KHVN (1978-?) [1]
KBCN (?-1985) [2]
KKGR (1985-1987)
KENI-FM (1987-1989)
Call sign meaning
K BF o X
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 12962
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 53 meters (174 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 61°11′50″N149°52′39″W / 61.1972°N 149.8775°W / 61.1972; -149.8775
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website 1005thefox.iheart.com

KBFX (100.5 MHz) is a commercial classic rock music FM radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios are located at Dimond Center in Anchorage, and its transmitter is located atop the Denali Tower North south of downtown.

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History

The station began in 1978 as KHVN, playing a religious format. It underwent several changes in both format and callsigns throughout the late 1970s and 1980s.

KBFX debuted in 1989 as "100.5 The Fox", playing the strict version of Jacobs Media's Classic rock format.

Programming was initially run by Dave Moore, who had studied the format with Fred Jacobs at its inception. Staff included afternoon deejay CC Ryder (who won a small market Marconi Award for her work), evening deejay T-bone, and former WNCX Cleveland deejay Rick Rydell (hired in 1990).

Moore was replaced by Jack Hicks from KQRS-FM Minneapolis, then three months later Hicks returned to Minnesota and was replaced by local broadcaster Devan Mitchell.

During Mitchell's watch, a competitor in the same format ("Arrow 102") came on the air for the first time since 1989.

Programming

Weekdays: BMAN (overnights), Woody and Wilcox (mornings), Chrys Castle (middays), Crash (afternoons), Alice Cooper (nights) Saturdays: Hooker (overnights), Woody and Wilcox (mornings), Laura (middays), BMAN (afternoons), Bill Moran (nights), Dee Snider(overnights) Sundays: Hooker (overnights), Marc Coppola (mornings), Laura (middays), Tony TNT Tilford (afternoons), Bill Moran (nights), Dee Snider (overnights)

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References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, Elaine B., ed. (1979). Alaska Blue Book (Fourth ed.). Juneau: Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries. p. 193.
  2. ↑ Eppenbach, Sarah; Foster, Scott, eds. (1983). Alaska Blue Book (Sixth ed.). Juneau: Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries. p. 195.


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