KSGF (AM)
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| City | Springfield, Missouri |
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| Slogan | "Standing Up For What Is Right" |
| Frequency | 1260 kHz |
| First air date | 1926 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 62024 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°15′51″N 93°19′04″W / 37.26417°N 93.31778°W |
| Callsign meaning | SprinGField |
| Former callsigns | KGBX (1926-1987) KTTS (1987-2001) KTTF (2001-2002) |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Owner |
E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | KRVI, KSGF-FM, KSPW, KTTS-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ksgf.com |
KSGF (1260 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Springfield, Missouri, United States. The station, which launched in 1926 as KGBX, is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company. The station also simulcast on 104.1 FM, which is licensed to Ash Grove, Missouri, United States.
KSGF broadcasts a News/Talk radio format. Weekday programming includes a local morning show called, "KSGF Mornings with Nick Reed," hosted by Nick Reed with executive producer Kortni Tucker. The remainder of the weekday is taken up by syndicated shows hosted by Glenn Beck, Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Michael Savage, the Midnight Trucking Radio Network and Clark Howard. Weekend programming is mainly brokered programming involving household topics. Local news comes from the KTTS news team and national news comes from Fox News Radio.
This station first began broadcasting in 1926 as KGBX on 1040 kHz in St. Joseph, Missouri. The station was set up by entrepreneur Ralph D. Foster and partner Jerry Hall at the Foster-Hall Tire Co. to advertise their Firestone Tire dealership. By mid-1930 KGBX had changed frequencies to 1310 kHz and by mid-1931 the station had been sold to KGBX Inc. In 1932, after the partnership dissolved, KGBX relocated to Springfield, Missouri, and by 1942 had changed frequencies to the current 1260 kHz. In 1944, KGBX was acquired by the Springfield Broadcasting Company. This new company was under the ownership of the publishers of the Springfield News & Leader and Springfield Leader & Press daily newspapers.
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