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KFIR

Sweet Home, Oregon United States
Broadcast area	Willamette Valley
Frequency	720 kHz
Branding	KFIR 720
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	Townhall News
Ownership
Owner	Radio Fiesta Network
History
First air date	August 7, 1968 (1968-08-07)
Former frequencies	1370 kHz (1968–2007)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23024
Class	D
Power	10,000 watts (day) 184 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	44°24′51″N 122°44′18″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kfir720am.com

KFIR (720 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sweet Home, Oregon, United States, serving the Willamette Valley. It airs a talk format and is owned by Radio Fiesta Network, LLC.

By day, KFIR is powered at 10,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. It covers the cities of Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon and Salem during the day. But 720 AM is a clear-channel frequency on which WGN in Chicago is the dominant Class A station. To protect WGN from interference, at night KFIR greatly reduces power to 146 watts.

History

KFIR signed on the air on August 7, 1968. It originally broadcast at 1370 kHz and was a daytimer station. It was powered at 1,000 watts but was required to go off the air at night. It played middle of the road (MOR) and country music. World and national news was supplied by the ABC Entertainment Network.

In 2007, it got permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move its frequency. It relocated to 720 AM and boosted its power to 10,000 watts. That gave it a better signal, since stations lower on the AM dial can be heard over a wider area in the daytime. And it was allowed to stay on the air at night, although with reduced power.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 23024 (KFIR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KFIR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database