KFPT (790 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Clovis, California, United States, the station serves the Fresno area. 790 ESPN Radio airs live sports, ESPN Radio programing and local ag reports. KFPT-AM is also Fresno's home for professional sports like Oakland A's Baseball, San Jose Sharks & LA Lakers. The station is currently owned by Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, LLC and features programming from ESPN Radio.[2]
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| Broadcast area | Metropolitan Fresno |
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| Frequency | 790 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 790 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio Los Angeles Lakers Oakland Athletics San Francisco 49ers San Jose Sharks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, LLC |
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| History | |
First air date | 1984 (as KXQR) |
Former call signs | KXQR (1984) KXTC (1984–1988) KOQO (1988–1998) KOOR (1998–2005) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29429 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 2,500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°50′39″N 119°41′13″W / 36.84417°N 119.68694°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 790espnfresno.com |
History
editThe station went on the air as KXQR on 790 kHz in 1979, six years after receiving its construction permit, which in turn was 15 years after the group had first filed for the frequency in 1958. Several ownership changes occurred in the years between receiving the permit and signing on. Beginning in 1985, the station aired beautiful music with the call sign KXTC. The call letters were meant to imply "Ecstasy". The station changed its call sign to KOQO on September 28, 1988.[3]
Expanded Band assignment
editOn March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KOQO authorized to move from 790 to 1630 kHz.[4] A Construction Permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters KBEG on May 15, 1998, which were changed to KNAX on February 1, 1999, and to KOME on March 20, 2001.[5] However the expanded band station was never built, and its Construction Permit was cancelled on January 15, 2004.[6]
Later history
editThe station became Spanish-language KOOR in 1998. In July 2005, the call letters were changed to KFPT by CBS Broadcasting, standing for "Fresno's Progressive Talk"; during this time, KFPT became the market's second-most listened-to AM station.
In February 2007, KFPT AM 790 was purchased by Peak Broadcasting from CBS as part of a deal involving other stations including News/Talk KMJ, AM 580. It was then sold to Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting. The sale included a non-compete clause to protect Peak's conservative talk station, KMJ.[7] On April 2, 2007, KFPT changed their format from progressive talk to sports, with programming from ESPN Radio.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFPT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KFPT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "KFPT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
- ^ Call Sign History: DKOME (Facility ID: 87162)
- ^ FCC Station Search Details: DKOME (Facility ID: 87162)
- ^ "The Top 10 whereabouts of former progressive talk stations". ltradio. December 26, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
External links
edit- FCC History Cards for KFPT (covering 1958-1980 as KGPD / KXQR )
- Facility details for Facility ID 29429 (KFPT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KFPT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database