KFXX (AM)
Portland metropolitan area | |
Frequency | 1080 kHz |
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Branding | 1080 The FAN |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Sports radio |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
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History | |
First air date | October 12, 1925 |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies |
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Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 57830 |
Class | B |
Power | 50,000 watts day 9,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°33′26″N 122°29′8″W / 45.55722°N 122.48556°W |
Repeater(s) | 99.5 KWJJ-HD2 (Portland) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
Website | www |
KFXX (1080
KFXX is one of four sports stations in the Portland radio market, the others being co-owned KMTT, KPOJ (owned by iHeartMedia) and KXTG (owned by Alpha Media).
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History
Early years
This station was first licensed as KFWV, which
After the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941, KWJJ moved to its current position on the dial, at 1080 kHz.[8] The power was boosted to 1,000 watts. By the late 1940s, the power increased to 10,000 watts.
In 1946, KWJJ added an FM station, KWJJ-FM at 95.5 MHz.[9] It was only powered at 3,400 watts and it mostly simulcasted the AM station. However, in the 1940s and 1950s, few radios could receive FM signals and management saw little opportunity to make it profitable. In the mid 1950s, KWJJ silenced the FM station, giving up the license. Another station signed on at 95.5 in 1959, which is today KBFF.
Switch to Country
KWJJ was acquired by Rodney F. Johnson in 1952. Johnson served as president and general manager as well. KWJJ became Portland's
In the 1970s, the station's daytime power was increased to 50,000 watts, while it continues to operate at 10,000 watts at night.In 1973, KWJJ was acquired by Park Communications.[11] A year later, Park acquired KJIB, an FM station airing a beautiful music format. For the first years of Park ownership, KJIB remained easy listening and KWJJ remained country. In the late 1970s, Park moved KJIB from mainstream easy listening to a new format known as "Beautiful Country."[12] The sound was soft, but used instrumental cover versions of country songs, rather than pop songs. With KWJJ as Portland's top country music station, management thought a beautiful country format on the FM station would be attractive to the AM station's advertisers.
KJIB switched to a conventional country format in the early 1980s. The FM station played mostly contemporary country hits with only a small amount of DJ chatter, while the AM station continued as a personality country outlet, going back several decades for its playlist of country tunes. On August 19, 1985, KJIB changed its call sign to the current KWJJ-FM. The two stations simulcasted the morning show and some other segments during the day.
KWJJ dropped its simulcast of KWJJ-FM in 1995, becoming a network affiliate for ABC's "Real Country," a classic country service.[13]
Hot Talk KOTK
In 1996, Seattle-based Fisher Communications bought KWJJ-AM-FM for $35 million.[14] Fisher continued the country format on KWJJ-FM, while making plans to change the AM station.
On October 27, 1997, KWJJ's call sign was switched to KOTK, and flipped to a "
KFXX
The KFXX call letters were first used in the Portland market on "The X", an active rock station on 1520 AM. KFXX flipped to its current sports format on September 1, 1990.[16] KFXX and its sports format moved to AM 910 on March 29, 1998, swapping frequencies with adult standards-formatted KKSN. The station again swapped frequencies, this time with hot talk-formatted KOTK on March 19, 2004.[17]
In its early days as a sports station, one of KFXX's hosts was Neil Lomax, a former quarterback at Portland State University and the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals.
In 2003, Fisher Communications sold KOTK and KWJJ-FM to
References
- ^ "FCCInfo Facility Search Results: Entercom Portland License, LLC". Manassas, Virginia: Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFXX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Day, James (May 4, 2009). "Area radio stations alter programming; Some of the talk shows on KFXX will be tough to receive for area listeners". Statesman Journal.
- ^ 1080TheFan.com/contact-us
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KFXX
- ^ 1080 The Fan Portland Revamps Daily Lineup Radioinsight - March 1, 2021
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 50
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 page 132
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 250
- ^ KWJJ
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 page C-157
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-189
- ^ Stark, Phyllis (May 27, 1995). "Vox Jox". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 21. p. 106.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-371
- ^ "Agler Appointed PD At KOTK/Portland" (PDF). R&R. November 28, 1997. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Birth of a station". www.portlandtribune.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-14.
- ^ "KFXX AM 1080". pdxradio.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006 page D-416
External links
- Official website
- KFXX in the FCC AM station database
- KFXX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KFXX