KQFN
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| City | Tempe, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix metropolitan area |
| Branding | 1580 The Fanatic |
| Slogan | Arizona's New Home for Sports |
| Frequency | 1580 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 99.3 K257CD (Phoenix) 99.3 K258DH (Tempe) |
| First air date | June 1, 1960 (as KYND) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 95 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 7701 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°29′36″N 112°08′18″W / 33.49333°N 112.13833°W |
| Callsign meaning | Q FaNatic |
| Former callsigns | KYND (1960-1967) KTUF (1967-1973) KNIX (1973-December 31, 1989) KCWW (January 1, 1990-1998) KMIK (1998-2015) KHEP (2015-2017) |
| Affiliations |
CBS Sports Radio SB Nation Radio |
| Owner | CRC Broadcasting Company |
| Sister stations | KFNN |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1580thefanatic.com |
KQFN (1580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Tempe, Arizona and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is owned by CRC Broadcasting Company, and airs an All-Sports radio format branded as "The Fanatic." Most programming on weekdays comes from local hosts, with the nationally syndicated Jim Rome heard middays, and programming from CBS Sports Radio and SB Nation heard nights and weekends.
The studios and offices are on East Evans Road in Scottsdale. The transmitter is located off North 38th Avenue near West Indian School Road, in Phoenix.
The station had been owned by ABC for its Radio Disney format and operated at the maximum power permitted by the Federal Communications Commission for commercial AM stations, 50,000 watts around the clock. But in October 2016, as it was being sold, the station went silent. It returned to the air under new ownership on February 13, 2017 and is now simulcast on two FM translators, K257CD in Phoenix and K258DH in Tempe, both operating on 99.3 MHz. In addition, the AM station now drastically reduces its power at night to 95 watts, using a non-directional antenna, instead of the previous complicated directional antenna multi-tower array, required to maintain its former nighttime power of 50,000 watts.
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