KFPT

Infobox Radio station
name = KFPT


city = Clovis, California
area =
branding =
slogan = "790 Espn Radio the Deuce"
airdate = 1984-05-01 (as KXTC)
frequency = 790 kHz
format = Sports radio
power = 5,000 watts day
2,500 watts night
erp =
haat =
class = B
facility_id = 29429
coordinates = coord|36|50|39.00|N|119|41|13.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KXTC (1984-1988)
KOQO (1988-1998)
KOOR (1998-2005)
owner = Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.790kfpt.com 790kfpt.com]
affiliations = Jones Radio Network, ABC Radio , ESPN Radio

KFPT (790 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to Clovis, California, USA, the station serves the Fresno area. The station is currently owned by Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting, LLC and features programing from Jones Radio Network, ABC Radio and ESPN Radio. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KFPT |title=KFPT Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

History

The station went on the air as KXTC on 1984-05-01. On 1988-09-28, the station changed its call sign to KOQO, on 1998-02-02 to KOOR, on 2005-07-04 to the current KFPT, [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=29429&Callsign=KFPT |title=KFPT Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

In the 1980s, the station aired Beautiful Music with the call sign KXTC. The call letters were meant to imply "Ecstasy". 790 became Spanish-language KOOR in the late 1990s until changed to KFPT by CBS Broadcasting, implying "Fresno's Progressive Talk" and would become the market's second-most listened-to AM station.

In February 2007, KFPT AM 790 was purchased by Peak Broadcasting from CBS as part of a deal involving other stations including News/Talk KMJ, AM 580. It was then sold to Fat Dawgs 7 Broadcasting. The sale included a non-compete clause to protect Peak's conservative-leaning talk station, KMJ. [http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/12/top-10-wherabouts-of-former-progressive.html] On April 2, 2007 KFPT changed their format from progressive talk to sports, with programming from ESPN Radio.

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External links

*AMQ|KFPT
*AML|KFPT
*AMARB|KFPT