KGAF

KGAF
City of license	Gainesville, Texas
Broadcast area	Gainesville - Cooke County
Branding	Hometown Radio
Slogan	All Time Favorites
Frequency	1580 kHz
Format	talk radio/Adult contemporary music
Power	250 Watts
Class	B
Facility ID	21600
Transmitter coordinates	33°37′42.00″N 97°6′25.00″W / 33.6283333°N 97.1069444°W / 33.6283333; -97.1069444
Affiliations	Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB); Texas State Network (TSN)
Owner	First IV Media, Inc.
Website	1580kgaf.com

KGAF (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gold-based AC format.Licensed to Gainesville, Texas, USA, the station serves the Gainesville-Cooke County area. The Station Switched to a Gold-based AC format c. 12/26/10. The station is currently owned by First IV Media, Inc. and operated by Eberhart Broadcasting.^[1]

References

↑ "KGAF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

KGAF Radio is an AM radio station in Gainesville, Texas. It operates 24 hours a day at 250 watts. It streams at www.1580KGAF.com and is also heard in Cooke County on Suddenlink and Nortex cable channel 2.

The station is known as "Hometown Radio 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 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 and a Texas Tech Radio network affiliate.

Outside of news/talk programming, KGAF features a Gold-Based Adult Contemporary format.

Recent Arbitron County ratings show KGAF #1 in Adults 25+ in Cooke County among the 30+ signals heard in the area.

The station can be reached at 940-665-5546.

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By AM frequency	750 1420 1500 1580 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

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

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