KFNS (AM)
| City | Wood River, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | 590 The Fan |
| Frequency | 590 kHz AM |
| Repeater(s) |
KPNT-HD2 (105.7 MHz) Collinsville, Illinois |
| First air date | 1961 (as WBBY) |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 13505 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°55′43″N 90°5′8″W / 38.92861°N 90.08556°W |
| Callsign meaning | K-FaNS |
| Former callsigns | WBBY (1961-1965) WRTH (1965-1988) WKLL (1988-1990) WCEO (1990-1991) KEZK (1991-1993) |
| Affiliations |
CBS Sports Radio Fox Sports Radio |
| Operator | insideSTL Enterprises |
| Owner | Randy Markel (Markel Radio Group, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 590thefan.com |
KFNS (590 AM) – branded 590 The Fan – is a commercial radio station licensed to Wood River, Illinois, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. Owned by Randy Markel (through licensee Markel Radio Group, LLC), and programmed by insideSTL Enterprises, the station broadcasts primarily a sports talk format, and is the local affiliate for both Fox Sports Radio and CBS Sports Radio. The station's programming is also available to listeners in the St. Louis metropolitan area with an HD Radio receiver via a simulcast on the HD2 subchannel of KPNT.
KFNS broadcasts with 1 kW of power, 24 hours per day, using four towers during the daytime hours and three towers at night. Its former antenna array, as WRTH, was three towers day and night with 500 watts days and 1,000 watts nights, which at the time was an unusual configuration.
KFNS' studios are located in St. Charles, while its transmitters are located near Bethalto.
KFNS first went on the air circa 1961, as WBBY with an easy listening format. WBBY served the Wood River, Illinois area with local news, sports and other programming. In 1965, WBBY changed call letters to WRTH and the easy listening music format became among the most highly rated stations in St. Louis (this would later shift to standards). Among the most well-known announcers were Grant Horton, Paul Warner, Frank Akers, Jim Scanlan and Ed Goodman. The station continued playing standards until September 1988, when WRTH flipped to oldies as WKLL, "Kool 590". In 1990, the format changed again to an all-business news format under the call-letters WCEO. A year later, the standards were back as WCEO became KEZK; at the time, the station was co-owned with KEZK-FM. On April 5, 1993, KEZK flipped to sports talk as KFNS, "590 the Fan". KFNS held the affiliation for One-on-One Sports (which later became Sporting News Radio).
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