KFIG (1430 AM "ESPN Radio 1430") is a

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, airing a

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format. It is owned by Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, with studios on North Palm Avenue at West Barstow Avenue in Fresno. KFIG is the sister station of Fresno-area sports station, KFPT 790 AM. KFIG is powered at 5,000

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s. To protect other stations on

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from interference, it uses a

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with a three-

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. The

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is on North Carson Avenue near East Copper Avenue in Clovis.Radio-Locator.com/KFIG
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Programming

KFIG is an affiliate of

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. On weekdays, programs include '' The Rich Eisen Show From 9am to 12pm, SportsLine: The Bulldog Hour with Tony D from 2pm to 3pm, Behind the Bench with Phil Benotti from 3pm to 6pm'' and ''The Central Valley Sports Report with Paul Meadors every Saturday from 10am to 12pm''. Local live play-by-play sports includes CIF Central Section

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, basketball & baseball games. KFIG also carries

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and

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as well as select games from the

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baseball team and the

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and

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from

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and ESPN.

History

The history of two Fresno area radio stations, KFIG and KYNO, is heavily intertwined, as follows: KYNO began broadcasting early in . It originally broadcast on 1300 kHz with 1,000 watts full-time (cf. White's Radio Log, Spring 1948). KYNO 1300 AM increased to 5,000 watts days, and 1,000 watts nights in the early 1960s (cf. White's Radio Log). Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, it was a

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station, and was #1 "Hooper" rated in the Fresno radio ratings. It was owned by Eugene Chenault. KYNO was the testing ground for the "Boss Radio" format that would be adopted at such stations as KHJ in

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; KFRC in

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and CKLW in Windsor-

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. In 1957, the Fresno AM dial consisted of KMJ (NBC) 580, KBIF 900, KFRE (CBS) 940, KEAP 980, KYNO (MBS) 1300, KMAK 1340, KARM (ABC) 1430, and KGST 1600 (cf. Fresno Bee Radio Log). KMAK was 1340 from 1953 to 1988 then KKAM from 1988 to 1992. KARM was 1430 and KFRE was 940. KFIG was an FM station first on 94.5 then moved to 101.1 in the early 1970s. The first station in the area to operate on 1430 kHz was KARM, in 1938. The call letters were derived from the ownership (George and Hattie Harm). For a long span in the 50's and 60's, it was the ABC (American Broadcasting Company) affiliate in the area. Along with KMJ-FM and KRFM (KFRE) it operated KARM-FM as one of the first three FM stations in Fresno. (cf. White's Radio Log and Fresno Bee radio logs, various editions). KARM 1430 was changed to KFIG 1430, KYNO swapped frequencies with 940 becoming 940 KYNO then swapped calls with KFIG 1430 in October 2012 when John Ostland acquired KFIG from Fat Dawgs. On July 19, 2021, KYNO and its oldies format returned to 940 and the KFIG call letters and sports format returned to 1430 under the Fat Dawgs' ownership.

References

External links

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