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WJFK-FM

WJFK-FM is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Manassas, Virginia, serving the Washington metropolitan area. WJFK-FM is owned and operated by CBS Radio. WJFK's studios are located near the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington, while its transmitter is located in Falls Church, Virginia.

History

WJFK-FM started in 1961 as WPRW-FM, the sister station to Manassas-based WPRW. In 1968, it would be sold to EZ Communications, and flipped to an easy listening format. The format would remain until January 1, 1985, when it flipped to Top 40 as WBMW, "B106." WBMW would be positioned against two other Top 40 stations, WRQX and WAVA-FM. The station would be acquired by Infinity Broadcasting in April 1987, resulting in a flip to new age music in October. On October 3, 1988, the station flipped to a rock format as WJFK, with the station being the Washington affiliate for Howard Stern, marking his return to the market for the first time since he was let go from WWDC in 1982.

Throughout the 1990s, WJFK would drop most of their music programming and evolve into a hot talk format. Programs on the station during this era include Stern, Don and Mike,Opie & Anthony, G. Gordon Liddy,The Greaseman, Bill O'Reilly, Ron & Fez and the Sports Junkies. WJFK would also simulcast on WJFK-AM in Baltimore during this time period. Infinity would be renamed CBS Radio in December 2005.

WKRK-FM

WKRK-FM (92.3 FM) – branded Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. Owned by CBS Radio, WKRK-FM is the Cleveland affiliate for CBS Sports Radio; a co-flagship station for the Cleveland Browns Radio Network; and the radio home of Jeff Phelps, and Dustin Fox. WKRK-FM also airs coverage of the Cleveland Gladiators.

The WKRK-FM studios are located at the Halle Building in Downtown Cleveland, while the station transmitter resides in the Cleveland suburb of Warrensville Heights. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKRK-FM broadcasts over three HD Radio channels, and is available online.

History

1940s–50s

Founded by Sam R. Sague, the station debuted on December 19, 1947 on 95.3 MHz as WSRS-FM and simulcast sister station WSRS 1490 AM, also licensed to Cleveland Heights. WSRS AM/FM billed itself as the "Community Information Voice of Cleveland". On February 1, 1959, Friendly Broadcasting of Columbus assumed control of WSRS 1490 AM and 95.3 FM from Sam R. Sague, switching call letters, licenses, studios and facilities. The AM and FM stations took on separate identities: WJMO took over the former WSRS offices at 2156 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, and WSRS-FM became WJMO-FM, later WCUY. The 1540 and 106.5 frequencies were sold off to Tuschman Broadcasting Company, with the AM station becoming WABQ while the FM station instead signed on as WABQ-FM.

KFXX (AM)

KFXX (1080 kHz) known as "1080 The FAN" is an AM radio station broadcasting from Portland, Oregon. It is owned by Entercom Portland LLC and runs sports radio programming. The studios are located south of downtown Portland, and the transmitter site is in the Northeast side along the Columbia River. KFXX is a class B radio station. By day, it runs the maximum power for commercial AM stations in the U.S., 50,000 watts, audible around much of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. But at night, because 1080 is a clear channel frequency, KFXX must reduce power to 9000 watts, so it does not interfere with KRLD in Dallas and WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut, the two dominant Class A stations on the frequency.

Programming

KFXX is an affiliate of ESPN Radio but mostly runs its own local shows on weekdays. Its sister station, 910 KMTT, carries most of the ESPN Radio line up. KFXX starts the day with "Dusty and Cam" from 6 to 9 a.m. At 9, it carries Colin Cowherd from the Fox Sports Radio Network. (Cowherd had been an ESPN Radio host for many years.) At noon, KFXX airs "Dirt and Sprague." "Primetime with Isaac Ropp and Jason 'Big Suke' Scukanec" is heard on weekday afternoons from 3 to 7 p.m. The first three hours of "Primetime" are simulcast on Comcast SportsNet Northwest. After 7 p.m. weeknights, KFXX runs programming from ESPN Radio.