On weekends, the schedule featured shows on money, health, real estate, home repair, the military, guns, barbecuing, wine, farming, the outdoors, pets, travel and old time radio shows, as well as repeats of weekday shows and NASCAR racing. Most hours began with national news from Fox News Radio.
Historyedit
On December 22, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-12-22), the station signed on the air as KOWO. Originally it was a daytimer, powered at 1,000 watts and required to go off the air at night. In later years, it increased its power and added limited nighttime service.
^KFOW Ties Its Train Down Sport Radioinsight - October 8, 2020
^Keith, Thelen (October 7, 2020). "KFOW Waseca. (When the Kangaroo Song starts, a new format can't be far behind...)". Twitter. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
kfow, 1170, commercial, radio, station, licensed, waseca, minnesota, serving, south, central, minnesota, station, owned, linder, radio, group, broadcasts, sports, radio, format, radio, studios, offices, cedardale, drive, owatonna, minnesota, waseca, minnesotab. KFOW 1170 AM is a commercial radio station licensed to Waseca Minnesota and serving South Central Minnesota The station is owned by the Linder Radio Group and broadcasts a sports radio format The radio studios and offices are on Cedardale Drive in Owatonna Minnesota KFOWWaseca MinnesotaBroadcast areaSouth Central MinnesotaFrequency1170 kHzBrandingThe Fan OwatonnaProgrammingFormatSportsAffiliationsKFXN FMMinnesota VikingsMinnesota WildOwnershipOwnerLinder Radio Group Main Street Broadcasting Inc Sister stationsKRUE KOWZHistoryFirst air dateDecember 22 1971 52 years ago 1971 12 22 as KOWO Former call signsKOWO 1971 2003 KOWZ 2003 2012 KRUE 2012 2015 KOWZ 2015 2020 Call sign meaningFaribault and OWatonnaTechnical informationFacility ID70931ClassDPower2 500 watts day1 000 watts critical hours5 watts nightTransmitter coordinates44 02 45 N 93 23 08 W 44 04583 N 93 38556 W 44 04583 93 38556Translator s 106 3 K292GU Waseca LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitethefanowatonna comBy day KFOW is powered at 2 500 watts non directional Because 1170 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KTSB in Tulsa Oklahoma and WWVA in Wheeling West Virginia KFOW must reduce power at night to only five watts to avoid interference During critical hours the station is powered at 1 000 watts 1 Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K292GU at 106 3 MHz 2 Contents 1 Former Talk Programming 2 History 3 References 4 External linksFormer Talk Programming editUntil May 1 2023 KFOW largely broadcast nationally syndicated conservative talk shows Weekdays began with Hugh Hewitt followed by Brian Kilmeade Ben Shapiro Dave Ramsey Dan Bongino Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb and Red Eye Radio Local news and agriculture reports were featured during the day with local high school sports on some evenings On weekends the schedule featured shows on money health real estate home repair the military guns barbecuing wine farming the outdoors pets travel and old time radio shows as well as repeats of weekday shows and NASCAR racing Most hours began with national news from Fox News Radio History editOn December 22 1971 52 years ago 1971 12 22 the station signed on the air as KOWO Originally it was a daytimer powered at 1 000 watts and required to go off the air at night In later years it increased its power and added limited nighttime service On October 7 2020 KFOW dropped its classic hits format and began stunting with Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport by Rolf Harris a common practice on stations owned by Linder when switching formats 3 4 On October 12 KFOW debuted a new talk radio format As part of the flip the station affiliated with Fox News Radio 5 6 On May 1 2023 KFOW changed their format from talk to sports branded as The Fan Owatonna 7 References edit Radio Locator com KFOW Radio Locator com K292GU KFOW Ties Its Train Down Sport Radioinsight October 8 2020 Keith Thelen October 7 2020 KFOW Waseca When the Kangaroo Song starts a new format can t be far behind Twitter Retrieved October 9 2020 News Talk 1170 KFOW Waseca Owatonna Faribault Blooming Prairie newstalk1170 com Retrieved October 12 2020 Owatonna Station Drops Classic Hits for Conservative Talk Upper Midwest Broadcasting Retrieved October 12 2020 KFOW Joins Minnesota s Fan Nwtwork Radioinsight May 3 2023External links editKFOW in the FCC AM station database KFOW in Nielsen Audio s AM station database K292GU in the FCC FM station database K292GU at FCCdata org nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Minnesota is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KFOW amp oldid 1205649895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
