KFNN
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| City of license | Mesa, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Branding | Money Radio 1510 |
| Slogan | Radio That Makes You Money |
| Frequency | 1510 (KHz) |
| First air date | 1963 |
| Format | Business News |
| ERP | 22,000 watts day, 100 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Callsign meaning | Financial News Network |
| Owner | CRC Broadcasting |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.moneyradio1510.com |
KFNN (more recently branded as Money Radio 1510) is a commercial business news formatted radio station licensed to Mesa, Arizona, broadcasting from studios located in uptown Phoenix, Arizona, on 1510 AM. KFNN is owned by CRC Broadcasting Company, Inc., headed by Ronald Cohen and Brian DuBose. KFNN began airing primarily nationally syndicated content, and now has an extensive lineup of local and national programs. They have been serving the greater Phoenix community as a business/financial station since 1988. They are distinguished as the first full-time financial format of its kind in the U.S.
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[edit] History
The station, as of 1971, was originally known as KDKB, simulcasting its sister station KDKB-FM with its Album Oriented Rock format.
In 1978, the AM simulcast was broken and 1510 kHz changed formats to Oldies. The call letters were changed to KDJQ. In 1980, the format at AM KDJQ changed to new wave music for a brief time.
The station became KNTS on 1984-11-06. On 1986-08-23, the station changed its call sign to KJAA, on 1988-12-12 to the current KFNN.[1]
[edit] Station Signal
The station's transmitter and towers at the time of the change of call letters were located in Mesa, Arizona, it's FCC listed city of license to this day. It was originally a 10,000 watt daytime signal until 1991, when the station towers were relocated to North Phoenix. From there the signal was authorized to increase to 22,000 kilowatts daytime, and was broadcasting day and night.
[edit] Business and Financial Format
Along with two other original partners, Ronald Cohen, began the station's format with largely syndicated format from Bloomberg and other radio networks, but soon developed a large group of live, local programming throughout the week. Don McDonald's financial planning program was one of the first major national shows broadcast on the station, along with Ken and Daria Dolan, who featured a money and investment related program syndicated from WOR 710 in New York City. KFNN introduced a live morning show titled Business for Breakfast with Ken Morgan as its host. Morgan has been a long time morning show host and station manager, with much of his career spent in Cleveland, Ohio.
[edit] Recent Format Changes
As of the first quarter of 2011, KFNN has re-branded its station name from 1510 KFNN, Financial Newsradio, to Money Radio 1510. The station's brand was changed to reflect the broader nature of program content that relates to all matters money. Expansion of the Money Radio brand is expected in Palm Springs, California, sometime in the first quarter of 2012.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KFNN Website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KFNN
- Radio-Locator Information on KFNN
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KFNN
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