KXLY (AM)
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| City | Spokane, Washington |
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| Broadcast area | Inland Northwest |
| Branding | KXLY AM 920/100.7 FM |
| Frequency | 920 kHz |
| Translator(s) | K264CH 100.7 Spokane |
| First air date | October 18, 1922 (as KFDC) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 20,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 61947 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′31″N 117°22′25″W / 47.60861°N 117.37361°W |
| Callsign meaning | The XL Network |
| Former callsigns | KFDC (1922-1924) KFPY (1924-1946) |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio, Westwood One, Seattle Mariners Radio Network, Washington State Cougars (football and men's basketball) |
| Owner |
Morgan Murphy Media / Spokane Television Group (QueenB Radio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KEZE, KHTQ, KXLX, KXLY-FM, KXLY-TV, KXMN-LP, KVNI, KZZU-FM |
| Website | kxly920.com |
KXLY is a news/talk radio outlet based in Spokane, Washington. The station, which operates at 920 kHz on the AM dial and has a translator at 100.7 MHz on the FM dial, offers a lineup of local and national news stories and syndicated talk shows. KXLY also share a website and news resources with sister station KXLY-TV. It is the flagship station of The Cougar Sports Radio Network, broadcast Washington State Cougar football and men's basketball games. It is also the alternate affiliate of the Seattle Mariners baseball network. KXLY is owned by Morgan Murphy Media.
The station's skywave signal was recently received in Salt Lake City, Utah.
KXLY, Spokane's oldest radio station, was founded as KFDC by Thomas W. Symons, Jr. and Edmund B. Craney in 1922. Symons was the owner of Radio Supply Co. in Spokane, and Craney had been his employee.
Craney, a 17-year-old member of the North Central High School radio club, had a desire to give Spokane residents something to listen to on the radios for which Radio Supply Co. had been selling crystal parts. He persuaded Symons to start a station.
After Craney received his broadcasting license, KFDC went on the air on October 18, 1922. The station had no permanent frequency position during its early days. As radio was considered a new frontier (the FCC wouldn't even be founded until 1934) and moderately regulated, Craney would have to search each night for a clean frequency (without interference from stations from distant towns) and broadcast from there.
The station, which changed its call letters to KFPY in 1924, was housed in the Symons Building on 7 S. Howard Street in Spokane. Beginning in 1925, audience members were welcomed to view live broadcasts—usually music programs or dramas—at “The Golden Concert Studios of KFPY” on the second floor, which boasted a curtain, a stage and seating for 150. On the stage were two grand pianos and a Wurlitzer Organ.
It was through these facilities that Bing Crosby, then an unknown Gonzaga University student, made his radio debut. Decades later, Crosby would partner with the station to launch KXLY-TV.
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