KGAF
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| City of license | Gainesville, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Gainesville - Cooke County |
| Branding | Memories 1580 |
| Slogan | All Time Favorites |
| Frequency | 1580 kHz |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 250 Watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 21600 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°37′42.00″N 97°6′25.00″W / 33.62833°N 97.10694°W |
| Affiliations | Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB); Texas State Network (TSN) |
| Owner | First IV Media, Inc. |
| Website | http://www.memories1580.com/ |
KGAF (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format.Licensed to Gainesville, Texas, USA, the station serves the Gainesville-Cooke County area. The Station Switched to an Oldies format circa 12/26/10. The station is currently owned by First IV Media, Inc. and operated by Eberhart Broadcasting.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "KGAF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KGAF.
KGAF Radio is an AM radio station in Gainesville, Texas. It operates 24 hours a day at 250 watts. It streams at www.memories1580.com and is also heard in Cooke County on Suddenlink and Nortex cable channel 2.
The station is known as "Memories 1580, KGAF".
KGAF began in 1947, originally owned by the Leonard Brothers. It is located at 401 N. Radio Hill Road (FM 3092) east of Gainesville. The station currently operates from a facility built in 2009 to replace the original 1947 building. It uses one tower for daytime operation and has two towers for a directional nighttime pattern. Today KGAF is owned by First IV Media Corporation and operated by Eberhart Broadcasting.
At one time 94.5 FM was paired with KGAF AM and broadcast from a 400' tower on Radio Hill. The FM was sold and moved in the 1980s.
Today, KGAF is a full service community oriented radio station serving the Cooke County area. Programming features local news, weather and sports mornings 6a-8:30a plus the popular "Swap It To Me" call in show weekdays at 8:30am. A full service news and information hour is heard at noon and 5pm as well. Local sports broadcasts are featured in season.
KGAF is a Dallas Cowboys radio network affiliate.
Outside of news/talk programming, KGAF features a Gold-Based Adult Contemporary format.
Recent Arbitron County ratings show KGAF AM #1 in Adults 25+ in Cooke County among the 30+ signals heard in the area.
Current staff includes: Program Director Dee Blanton 6a-9a weekdays; Owner/Operator Steve Eberhart 9a-noon weekdays; Janice Williams 1-5pm; Clay Corbett and Stephen Monahan on Sports.
The station can be reached at 940-665-5546.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KGAF
- Radio-Locator Information on KGAF
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KGAF
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