KFH (1240

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. The station is owned by

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It airs a

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format. The station's

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s and offices are located on East Douglas Avenue. KFH is powered at 630

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s, using a

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. The

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is off West 19th Street, in Wichita, near Interstate 135. Programming is also heard in Wichita and adjacent communities on 250 watt

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K248CY at 97.5

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Programming

KFH mostly carries nationally syndicated programs from

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. Two local shows are heard on weekdays: ''Sports Daily'' with Jacob Albracht and Tommy Castor in late mornings and ''The Drive'' with Bob and Jeff Lutz in afternoon

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. Some features from

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(formerly CBS Sports Radio) are also heard, along with the syndicated '' Jim Rome Show'' in middays. KFH carries

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and

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. It also airs

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Jayhawks football and

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games (even calling itself at one point "Kansas Fan Headquarters").

History

(For the history of the 1330 frequency, see KNSS)

KAKE radio

On October 28, 1947, the station

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the air as KAKE, owned by the KAKE Broadcasting Company, Inc., and aired a full service format. The station's original power, was only 250 watts and the studios were located at 416 West Douglas Avenue. The station was a

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of the

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and later the

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. In 1954, KAKE added a TV station,

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. It eventually affiliated with ABC. The AM station got an increase to 1,000 watts by day, remaining at 250 watts at night. In the 1970s, KAKE switched to a middle of the road (MOR) format of popular music, news and talk. KAKE was affiliated with the ABC Entertainment Network.

KAKZ and KRZZ

In 1979, the TV station was sold to the

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, parent company of the ''

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''. While the TV station kept the KAKE-TV

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, KAKE changed its call letters to KAKZ on February 1, 1980, flipped to

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, and was sold to Misco Broadcasting Company. KAKZ would change to

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on September 24, 1981, return to adult contemporary on March 19, 1984, and then flipped to

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on October 1, 1984. New West bought KAKZ in 1985; on October 1 of that year, KAKZ changed call letters to KRZZ, flipped back to adult contemporary, and began simulcasting on KRZZ-FM (then at 95.9 FM, now at 96.3 FM).

KNSS

On September 14, 1987, the station became all-talk as KNSS, adding shows from the ABC Talk Radio Network and

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. KNSS would change ownership in the 1990s; Prism Radio bought KNSS in 1993, followed by SFX Broadcasting in 1997. In 2000,

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acquired both KNSS and another AM station in Wichita, KFH.

KFH

On August 30, 2004, KFH moved from AM 1330 to AM 1240; concurrently, the KNSS call sign and format moved from AM 1240 to AM 1330. The reason for this was signal strength; 1330 has a better signal, at 5,000 watts, while 1240 broadcast at 1,000 watts full time. As a result, 1240 inherited the legacy of one of the oldest stations in Kansas; KFH signed on in 1922 as WEAH and became KFH in 1925. After the frequency swap, KFH continued with a

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format, carrying shows such as '' Don & Mike'' and ''

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''. It shifted back to a more mainstream talk format in 2006. On May 9, 2011, KFH changed its format to all-sports, affiliating with

. Programming was also simulcast on 98.7 FM, also owned by Entercom. It switched its call sign to KFH-FM, giving sports listeners the option to hear sports talk and play by play on either AM or FM.

New studios and new FM station

In early 2015, Entercom moved its Wichita radio stations to the Ruffin Building at 9111 East Douglas. It was formerly the

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corporate headquarters. KFH gave up its 50,000 watt FM simulcast on October 12, 2016, as KFH-FM became

KNSS-FM KNSS-FM (98.7 MHz, "98.7 and 1330") is a commercial radio station licensed to Clearwater, Kansas, and serving the Wichita metropolitan area. It simulcasts a news/talk radio format with sister station KNSS (1330 AM). It is owned by Audacy with ...

, simulcasting the talk programming on KNSS. Entercom moved KFH's programming to a 250 watt

station, K248CY (97.5 FM).

References

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