City | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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Broadcast area | Tulsa metropolitan area |
Branding | Talk Radio 1170 |
Slogan | Tulsa's Talk Station |
Frequency | 1170 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
First air date | June 23, 1926 (as KVOO) |
Format | Talk |
Power | 50,000 watts |
Class | A clear-channel |
Facility ID | 68329 |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°8′49″N 95°48′27″W / 36.14694°N 95.80750°WCoordinates: 36°8′49″N 95°48′27″W / 36.14694°N 95.80750°W |
Callsign meaning | K Frequently Asked Questions |
Former callsigns | KVOO (1926-2002) |
Affiliations |
Westwood One Network Premiere Networks TheBlaze Network Westwood One Radio News |
Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
Sister stations | KHTT, KVOO-FM, KXBL, KBEZ, KJRH-TV |
Webcast | 1170kfaq.com/listen-live |
Website | 1170kfaq.com |
KFAQ (1170 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is owned by E.W. Scripps Company and airs a talk radio format. The station carries Westwood One News along with local news from its own news department. Weather is provided by sister station KJRH-TV 2. KFAQ studios and offices are located on East 29th Street in Midtown Tulsa and the transmitter is located along East 11th Street (Route 66) in an undeveloped area of East Tulsa.
KFAQ is a clear channel Class A station broadcasting at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for American AM stations. KFAQ uses a non-directional antenna by day, heard over much of Eastern Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. At night, the station uses a directional antenna to protect the other Class A station on AM 1170, WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. With a good radio, KFAQ's nighttime signal can be heard over much of the Central United States and into the Rocky Mountain states.
KFAQ has a local news and interview show on weekday mornings hosted by Pat Campbell. The rest of the day, it carries nationally syndicated talk shows, including Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Joe Pags, Mark Levin and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, computers, hunting, fishing and guns. Hosts include Larry Kudlow, Leo Laporte and Gordon Deal. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming.