KFYI

Infobox Radio Station
name = KFYI


city = Phoenix, Arizona
area = Phoenix metropolitan area
branding = Newstalk 550 KFYI
slogan = The Valley's Talk Station
airdate = July 10, 1985
frequency = 550 kHz AM
HD Radio
format = News/Talk
power = 5,000 watts daytime; 1,000 watts nighttime
erp =
class = B
coordinates = coord|33|23|16|N|112|0|24|W|type:landmark
callsign_meaning = For Your Information
owner = Clear Channel Communications
webcast = [http://www.kfyi.com/pages/stream.html Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kfyi.com/ www.kfyi.com]

550 AM KFYI is an American news/talk radio station broadcasting in Phoenix, Arizona. KFYI is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KFYI transmits in both analog AM and digital HD Radio.

Programming

KFYI's weekday lineup is approximately an even mix of local and syndicated programming. Local personalities heard on KFYI include Bruce Jacobs, Barry Young, and former Congressman J. D. Hayworth. The syndicated programming is similar to the standard Clear Channel news talk lineup and includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Because of Arizona's time zone irregularities (the state does not participate in daylight saving time), the syndicated programs air on a tape delay during the spring and summer months.

History

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 AM910, which had been the signal of KPHO radio (co-owned with channel 5, still called KPHO today as a CBS affiliate.) All-sports station KGME occupies AM910 today. The frequency switch took place in 2003.

KFYI Host Barry Young served as the station's program director from 1988 until 1998. Joe Adams (news) has been with the station since the beginning.

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. [ [http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49657 worldnetdaily.com] ] 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 FCC, calling the remarks "irresponsible and dangerous". [Associated Press, April 10, 2006. [http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4744652 Officials: Radio host's call to kill border crossers dangerous] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kfyi.com Official website]
*AM station data|KFYI
*Transmitter|KFYI|33.388056|112.006111