KFPT
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Broadcast area | Metropolitan Fresno |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 790 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 790 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, LLC |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | B |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 790espnfresno |
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KFPT (790 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Clovis, California, United States, the station serves metropolitan Fresno. Owned by Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, LLC and features programming from ESPN Radio. KFPT is the sister station to KFIG 1430 ESPN Fresno.[2]
History
The 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
On 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. However the expanded band station was never built, and its Construction Permit was cancelled on January 15, 2004.[5]
Later history
The 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.[6] On April 2, 2007, KFPT changed their format from progressive talk to sports, with programming from ESPN Radio.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KFPT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KFPT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ Facility details for Facility ID 87162 (KOME) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Top 10 whereabouts of former progressive talk stations". ltradio. December 26, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KFPT (covering 1958-1980 as KGPD / KXQR )
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- KFPT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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