KWFS (AM)

KWFS
City of license	Wichita Falls, Texas
Broadcast area	Wichita Falls metropolitan area
Branding	NewsTalk 1290 AM
Slogan	"Texomas News and Talk Leader"
Frequency	1290 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 Watts Day 73 Watts Night
Class	D
Callsign meaning	Wichita FallS
Affiliations	CBS Radio News
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Wichita Falls License, LLC)
Sister stations	KBZS, KNIN-FM, KWFS-FM
Website	newstalk1290.com

KWFS (branded as NewsTalk 1290) is a radio station serving the Wichita Falls area with a news/talk radio format. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1290 kHz and is under ownership of Townsquare Media.

Programming on NewsTalk 1290 includes Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Robert Pratt, Herman Cain, Coast to Coast AM and more.

Local programming includes Joe Tom White's "Rise and Shine Show", which airs weekdays from 6am-8am central. The show is co-hosted by Mike Campbell and Mike Hendren. Rise and Shine launched on KWFS-AM in 1993. Joe Tom White has been a radio personality in Wichita Falls since 1959, beginning his career at KWFT-AM 620.

Mike Campbell has co-hosted "Rise and Shine" since the shows inception. White and Campbell spent a short time on-air together at KGTM 990 (formerly KNIN-AM) in the mid-1980s and from 1985 to 1990 hosted "Country Morning" on KAUZ TV-6. Mike Hendren joined "Rise and Shine" on 1290 in August 2001.

Mike Hendren also serves as the station's Program Director and News Director. He is also Public Service Director for all four Townsquare Media stations in the Wichita Falls market. He and Trey Sralla co-host "Texoma Weekend" (Saturday's 10am-11am central).

KWFS-AM 1290 is the oldest, continuously broadcasting radio station in the city, having been on-air since 1949.

External links

NewsTalk 1290 AM - Official Site

Query the FCC's AM station database for KWFS

Radio-Locator Information on KWFS

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KWFS

Radio stations in the Wichita Falls, Texas market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 92.9 94.9 95.5 96.3 98.7 99.9 100.5 100.9 102.3 103.9 104.7 106.3 107.1

By AM frequency	1290

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

By callsign	K202DR K211ED K263AK K296FE KBZS KCBK KGVB KLUR KMCU KMOC KNIN KOLI KQXC KWFB KWFS KWFS-FM KWKL KXPN-FM KXXN KYYI KZAM KZKL WNG722 WXK31

Nearby radio markets Abilene Dallas–Fort Worth Lawton Oklahoma City Sherman–Denison See also List of radio stations in Texas

Radio stations in the Lawton, Oklahoma market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.5 92.1 94.1 94.7 95.3 96.3 97.3 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.7 101.3 102.9 103.5 104.7 105.5 105.9 107.3

By AM frequency	640 1050 1290 1380 1520

By callsign	K234BD K242AA K247BA K264AJ K275AE K288FQ KACO KBZQ KCBK KCCU KFXI KJMZ KJRF KKRX KLAW KMGZ KOEG KOKC KQTZ KVRS KVRW KVSP KWFS KWKL KWPN KXCA KYYI KZCD

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Oklahoma City Sherman–Denison Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Oklahoma

Townsquare Media

(formerly Regent Communications, and including former Gap Broadcasting Group and Double O Radio)

Alabama	WBEI WDGM WFFN WTSK WTUG-FM

Arkansas	KMJI KOSY KYGL

Colorado	KARS-FM(+FM1)** KBKL KEKB KEXO KKNN KKPL KMAX-FM KMXY KTRR KUAD-FM

Connecticut	WINE WRKI

Idaho	KAWO KCIX KEZJ-FM KFXD KIDO KLIX KLIX-FM KSAS-FM KSNQ KXLT-FM

Illinois	WDBQ-FM WKGL-FM WLIQ WROK WXLP WXXQ WZOK

Indiana	WDKS WGBF WGBF-FM WJLT WKDQ

Iowa	KBEA-FM KBOB KCRR KDAT KHAK KJOC KKHQ-FM KLYV KOEL KOEL-FM KQCS KRNA KRQN* KXGE WDBQ WJOD

Kentucky	WBKR WOMI

Louisiana	KEEL KFTE** KHLA KHXT KJEF KJMH KLCL KMDL KNGT KPEL KPEL-FM KROF KRUF KTDY KTSR KVKI-FM KWKH KXKS-FM

Maine	WBLM WBPW WBZN WCYY WDEA WEBB WEZQ WJBQ WJZN WMME-FM WOZI WQCB WQHR WTVL WWMJ

Massachusetts	WBSM WFHN

Michigan	WBCK WBXX WCRZ WFGR WFMK WFNT WGRD-FM WITL-FM WJIM WJIM-FM WKFR-FM WKMI WLCO WLHT-FM WMMQ WNWZ WQUS WRCL WRKR WTRV WVFN WWBN

Minnesota	KBMX KDCZ KDHL KDZZ KFIL KFIL-FM KKCB KLDJ KLZZ KMXK KOLM KQCL KRFO KRFO-FM KROC KROC-FM KVGO KWWK KXSS KYBA KZRV WEBC WJON WWJO

Missouri	KHMO KICK-FM KRRY KSDL KSIS KXKX

Montana	KBAZ KBUL KCHH(+K236AB) KCTR-FM KENR(+FM1) KGVO KGVO-FM KISN KKBR KLYQ KMHK KMMS KMMS-FM KMPT KPRK KSEN KXLB(+K254AL) KYSS-FM(+K252BM) KZIN-FM KZMY

New Hampshire	WHOM WOKQ WPKQ WSAK WSHK

New Jersey	WADB WCHR-FM WENJ WFPG WJLK WKXW WOBM WOBM-FM WPGG WPUR WSJO

New York	WAAL WBKT WBLK WBUF WCHN WCZX WDBY WDHI WDLA WDLA-FM WDOS WEOK WFRG-FM WGNA-FM(+W235AY) WHWK WIBX WIYN WKNY WKXP WKXZ(+W232AT) WLZW WMSX WNBF WODZ-FM WPDA WPDH WQBJ WQBK-FM WQSH(+W256BU) WRRB WRRV WSRK WTBD-FM WTMM-FM WWYL WYOS WYRK WZAD WZOZ

North Dakota	KACL KBYZ KKCT KLXX KUSB

Oklahoma	KLAW KVRW KZCD

South Dakota	KDEZ KIKN-FM KKLS-FM KMXC KSOO KSOO-FM KXRB KYBB

Texas	KAFX-FM KATP KBAT KBZS KEAN-FM KELI KEYJ-FM KFMX-FM KFYO KGEE KGKL KGKL-FM KISX KIXS KIXZ KKAM KKCL-FM KKCN KKTX-FM KKYR-FM KLAQ KLTD KLUB KMND KMWX KMXJ-FM KNFM KNIN-FM KNRX KNUE KODM KOOC KPRF KPWW KQBR KQVT KROD KSFA KSII KSLI KSSM KTBQ KTEM KTUX KTYL-FM KULL KUSJ KVLL-FM KWFS KWFS-FM KXSS-FM KYKS KYYW KZBT KZII-FM

Washington	KATS(+K232CV) KDBL KEYW KFFM KFLD KIT KMGW KOLW KORD-FM KUTI KXRX

Wyoming	KCGY KGAB KIGN KKTL KLEN KOWB KRNK KRVK KTRS-FM KTWO KWYY

Defunct	KRIL WPUT

Live events	Country Jam USA Mountain Jam (50%) North American Midway Entertainment WE Fest

Websites	King Loudwire Noisecreep XXL

Radio networks	Michigan Talk Network

License held by a divestiture trust; sale pending. *License held by a third party.

News/Talk radio stations in Texas

All-News	KLIF – Dallas KRLD – Dallas

News & Talk	KBRA – Freer KCOX – Jasper KCRS – Midland/Odessa KDET – Center KERA – Dallas KEXB – Dallas KFNA – Winters KFXR – Dallas KFYO – Lubbock KGKL – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KIKK – Houston KIXZ – Amarillo KJCE – Rollingwood KJDL – Lubbock KJTV – Lubbock KKSA – San Angelo KKTX – Corpus Christi KLBJ – Austin KLUP – Terrell Hills KLVI – Beaumont KMNY – Hurst KNTH – Houston KPLT – Paris KPYN – Atlanta KSET – Lumberton KSEV – Tomball KSFA – Nacogdoches KSKY – Balch Springs KTBB – Tyler KTBB-FM – Troup KTEK – Alvin KTMR – Edna KTRH – Houston KTSA – San Antonio KTSM – El Paso KUHF – Houston KURV – Edinburg KUTX – Leander KVCE – Highland Park KVNN – Victoria KVOP – Plainview KWEL – Midland/Odessa KWFS – Wichita Falls KWKC – Abilene KWTX – Waco KXYL – Brownwood KXYL-FM – Coleman WBAP – Fort Worth WOAI – San Antonio WTAW – College Station

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

Coordinates: 33°57′38″N 98°33′42″W / 33.96056°N 98.56167°W / 33.96056; -98.56167

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