KFYI

This article is about the Phoenix radio station. For the Bay Area station known as KFYI in 1984-1985, see KDIA.

KFYI
City of license	Phoenix, Arizona
Broadcast area	Phoenix metropolitan area
Branding	News/Talk 550 KFYI
Slogan	The Most Trusted News in Phoenix
Frequency	550 kHz (also on HD Radio) 102.5 FM HD2 (KNIX)
First air date	1921
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	63918
Transmitter coordinates	33°23′16″N 112°0′24″W / 33.38778°N 112.00667°W / 33.38778; -112.00667
Callsign meaning	For Your Information
Former callsigns	KOY (until 1999) KGME (1999–2000)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.)
Sister stations	KESZ, KGME, KMXP, KNIX, KOY, KYOT, KZZP
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kfyi.com

KFYI (550 kHz AM) is a news/talk radio station based in Phoenix, Arizona. Its signal covers the Phoenix metropolitan area and it uses the slogan "The Most Trusted News in Phoenix." KFYI is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Its studios are located in Phoenix near Sky Harbor Airport and its transmitter is in South Phoenix near 36th Street and Southern Avenue.

KFYI transmits in both analog AM and digital HD Radio.^[1] The digital signal is also rebroadcast on the HD2 channel of co-owned 102.5 KNIX-FM.

Programming

KFYI's weekday lineup features a mix of national and local programming and news. Phoenix-based personalities heard on KFYI include Mike Broomhead (mornings), Chris Merrill (afternoons) and Rob Hunter (early morning news). The news staff (based in Phoenix) is Gregg Paul (managing editor & afternoon/evening anchor); Ted Houston (reporter); Kathy Cline (midday news anchor & reporter); and Sandra Haros (reporter). Former Congressman J. D. Hayworth resigned from KFYI in 2010 to pursue an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate against Senator John McCain.

Syndicated programming includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. The Glenn Beck Radio Program airs in the evening. Weekends include programs on money, health, "Handel on The Law" with Bill Handel and "The Kim Komando Show" featuring computer expert Kim Komando. Some weekend shows are brokered.

History

former logo

For decades AM 550 was the home of KOY. The station aired network programs in the pre-television era, then top 40 and from the 1980s, adult standards music. It was owned by Edens Broadcasting in the 1980s as the sister station to KOY-FM (Y95).

KFYI originated in 1985 on 910 AM, which had been the signal of KPHO radio (co-owned with KPHO-TV, channel 5, until 1972). All-sports station KGME occupies 910 AM today. The frequency switch took place in 2003. The call letters KFYI had been previously used by a station in Oakland, California, now KMKY.^[2]

KFYI signed on over the 550 kHz frequency at 5:30am on July 10, 1985 with Morning Host Charlie Van Dyke, newsman Brad Messer and sports anchor Jim Jeffrey. KFYI host Barry Young served as the station's program director from 1988 until 1998, retiring from the station on November 7, 2014.

Controversy

On March 8, 2006 KFYI made news when fill-in host Brian James suggested that the United States National Guard and Border Patrol should shoot to kill people illegally crossing the US-Mexican border.^[3] He also stated on the air that he would be "happy to sit there with my high-powered rifle and my night scope" and kill people as they cross the border. Those remarks prompted Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton to complain to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling the remarks "irresponsible and dangerous".^[4]

References

↑ http://www.freqseek.com/AZ/Phoenix/hd-radio-stations.aspx?page=1 Freq Seek list of HD radio stations in Phoenix
↑ History of the call signs of KMKY
↑ worldnetdaily.com
↑ Associated Press, April 10, 2006. Officials: Radio host's call to kill border crossers dangerous

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KFYI

Radio-Locator Information on KFYI

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KFYI

Radio stations in the Phoenix metropolitan area

by AM frequency	550 620 710 740 860 910 960 1010 1060 1100 1150 1190 1230 1260 1280 1310 1330 1340 1360 1400 1440 1480 1510 1540 1580

by FM frequency	88.3¹/88.3² 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.9 94.1 94.5 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.9 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.3 (K257CD, KEMP, KRWV-LP) 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

by callsign	K257CD KAHM KAJM KASA KASC KAZG KBAQ KBMB KBSZ KCDX KCKY KDKB KDUS KDVA KEC94 KEMP KESZ KEXX KFLR-FM KFNN KFNX KFXY-LP KFYI KGME KHEP KHOT-FM KHOV KIDR KIHP KIKO KJZZ KKFR KKNT KLNZ KLVA KLVK KMLE KMVA KMVP KMVP-FM KMXP KNAI¹/KPHF² KNIX-FM KNRJ KNUV KOAI KOMR KOOL-FM KOY KPHQ-LP KPHX KPNG KPXQ KQMR KRDE KRPH KSLX-FM KSUN KSWG KTAR KTAR-FM KUPD KVIT KVVA-FM KWSS-LP KXEG KXXT KYOT-FM KZON KZZP

¹-Daytime hours ²-Nighttime hours (KNAI and KPHF are timeshare stations) Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 219 Sirius Channel 157 Nearby radio markets Flagstaff–Prescott Lake Havasu City Tucson Yuma See also List of radio stations in Arizona

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Arizona

Stations	KAAA – Kingman KATO – Safford KAZM – Sedona KBLU – Yuma KBSZ – Apache Junction KBTK – Kachina Village KFNX – Cave Creek KFYI – Phoenix KNKI – Pinetop KNST – Tucson KNTR – Lake Havasu City KQTH – Tucson KTAR-FM – Glendale KVWM – Show Low KYCA – Prescott KZZZ – Bullhead City

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arizona

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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