KOFI

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KOFI
KOFIlogo.png
City Kalispell, Montana
Broadcast area Kalispell-Flathead Valley area
Frequency 1180 kHz
Branding1180 AM 104.3 FM KOFI
Programming
Format Oldies/News/Talk
Affiliations ABC Radio, Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerKOFI, Inc.
KZMN
History
First air date
1955
Technical information
Facility ID 35368
Class B
Power 50,000 watts (day)
10,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
48°11′52″N114°15′03″W / 48.19778°N 114.25083°W / 48.19778; -114.25083 Coordinates: 48°11′52″N114°15′03″W / 48.19778°N 114.25083°W / 48.19778; -114.25083
Translator(s) 104.3 K282BP (Kalispell)
Links
Website kofiradio.com

KOFI (1180 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Kalispell, Montana. The station is owned by KOFI, Inc. It airs an Oldies music and News/Talk radio format. [1] The station first signed on in 1955. It was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission. [2]

Their studios are downtown Kalispell at 317 1st Ave. E. with sister station KZMN. The transmitter site is in Evergreen, on Steel Bridge Road. KOFI must power down to 10,000 watts at night to protect Class A clear-channel WHAM in Rochester, New York. Nonetheless, its signal has been received over most of the western United States at night, as far south as Salt Lake City [3] and as far west as Snohomish, Washington.

George Ostrom was a mainstay at the station from 1956 to 2008; he recently came out of retirement to work at KGEZ.

Since 2017, KOFI's AM broadcasts are simulcast on 104.3 FM, as noted on the station's website.

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References

  1. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. SLC DX Report