KGGF (690 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. It airs a talk radio format and is owned by Sek Media, LLC.[2] The studios are on West 8th Street in Coffeyville. KGGF's transmitter is a Harris DX-10 installed in 1997; KGGF uses a two-tower array in the day and a four-tower array at night, located off Clay Road.
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Broadcast area | Southeast Kansas, Eastern Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri, Northwest Arkansas |
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| Frequency | 690 kHz |
| Branding | News Radio 690AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sek Media, LLC |
| KGGF-FM, KQQF, KUSN | |
| History | |
First air date | 1930 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 34462 | |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°8′47″N 95°28′42″W / 37.14639°N 95.47833°W |
| Translator | 92.7 K224FQ (Coffeyville) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kggfradio |
KGGF features local news, farm reports and talk shows on weekdays, with nationally syndicated conservative talk hosts afternoons and nights.[3]
History
editIn 1930, KGGF first signed on the air. It transmitted with 1,000 watts and had to share time with other stations on its original frequency of 1010 kilocycles.
On March 18, 1932, the Federal Radio Commission authorized moving the KGGF studios from South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, to Coffeyville, Kansas.[4] The studios were at the corner of 8th and Elm Streets. The owner was Hugh J. Powell.[5]
In the 1930s, 1010 kHz was a regional channel. The station later got a boost to 5,000 watts maximum and 500 watts minimum. In 1941, with the enactment of North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), KGGF was reassigned to 690 kHz, a Canadian clear channel frequency. It was authorized to run 50,000 watts maximum and 250 watts minimum, provided the station was 650 miles, or more, from the Canada–US border. Simultaneously, 1010 became a new Canadian clear channel frequency, assigned to Calgary while 690 was assigned to Montreal and later to Tijuana, Mexico.
In October 1947, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of KGGF from Hugh J. Powell to The Midwest Broadcasting Company for $400,000.[6]
In 1983, an FM station was added at 98.9 MHz. In 1991, Mahaffey Enterprises acquired KGGF-AM-FM for $750,000.[7]
References
edit- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KGGF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "KGGF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ KGGFradio.com Line-Up
- ↑ "KGGF Move Approved" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 1, 1932. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 30
- ↑ "KGGF, WHHM and KIUL Sales Come to Total of $742,000" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 20, 1947. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 page D-228
External links
edit- KGGF-AM's website (within www.kggfradio.com) Archived February 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Facility details for Facility ID 34462 (KGGF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KGGF in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- "History Cards for KGGF". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)