KFOR (1240 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Lincoln, Nebraska. It broadcasts a talk radio format and is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha 3E Licensee LLC.[2] The studios are on Cornhusker Highway (U.S. Route 6) in Northeast Lincoln.
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| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
| Branding | KFOR FM 101.5 & 1240 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Full service; news/talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KFRX, KIBZ, KLMS, KTGL, KZKX | |
| History | |
First air date | March 1924 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34436 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°49′12″N 96°39′29″W / 40.82000°N 96.65806°W |
| Translator(s) | 101.5 K268DF (Lincoln) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kfornow.com |
KFOR is a Class C station. It is powered at 1,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Vine Street east of downtown Lincoln.[3] Programming is also heard on 130-watt FM translator K268DF at 101.5 MHz.[4]
Programming
editWeekdays on KFOR begin with Lincoln's Morning News, hosted by Chris Schmidt and Carol Turner, with news and sports from Jeff Motz. KFOR also has a local talk show in late morning and a local sports show in late afternoons. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs: The Dan Bongino Show, The Joe Pags Show, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Bloomberg Daybreak, America in the Morning, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and Markley, Van Camp & Robbins.
Weekends feature specialty shows on health, money, aging, gardening, pets, real estate, cars and the outdoors. Syndicated weekend shows include Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb, The Weekend with Michael Brown and The Jesus Christ Show with Neil Savaadra. In the summer, KFOR carries Lincoln Saltdogs minor league baseball. Other sports programming include Kansas City Chiefs football and high school sports in the Lincoln area. Most hours begin with an update from ABC News Radio.
History
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KFOR signed on the air in March 1924. It was the fourth radio station in Nebraska.[5] Its original city of license was David City, Nebraska. New owners moved the station to Lincoln in 1927, with studios in the Hotel Lincoln.
In the 1930s, the station broadcast on 1210 kilocycles. It had 250 watts of power but it was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In 1941, with the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), KFOR moved to its current dial position at 1240 kHz. It was a Class IV station, allowed to broadcast at 250 watts around the clock. The station was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."[6]
The radio ministry Back to the Bible originated on KFOR in 1939.[7] From May 1953 to March 1954, the station's owners operated a television station, KFOR-TV (now dark).
On February 15, 2023, at midnight, KFOR began simulcasting on sister station KLMS 1480 AM which had dropped its long-running sports radio format. KFOR also was heard on FM translator K268DF (101.5 FM), which relayed KLMS. The next day, KFOR's former translator, 103.3 K277CA, began relaying KLMS, which flipped to an adult hits format as "Mix 103.3".[8] KFOR's translator became K268DF at 101.5 FM.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFOR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KFOR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KFOR
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/K268DF
- ^ "KFOR, 'Voice of Lincoln,' on Air for 50 Years". The Lincoln Star. March 10, 1974. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1941 page 138. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- ^ "Celebrating 75 Years". Back to the Bible. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Alpha Preps Lincoln Signal Shuffle Radioinsight - February 15, 2023
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 34436 (KFOR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KFOR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 141262 (K268DF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K268DF at FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for KFOR