KFKA

KFKA
City	Greeley, Colorado
Broadcast area	Fort Collins-Greeley, Colorado
Branding	Newstalk 1310 KFKA
Frequency	1310 kHz
First air date	June, 1923
Format	News/talk
Power	5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	71443
Transmitter coordinates	40°21′56″N 104°43′56″W / 40.36556°N 104.73222°W / 40.36556; -104.73222Coordinates: 40°21′56″N 104°43′56″W / 40.36556°N 104.73222°W / 40.36556; -104.73222
Affiliations	CBS, FOX
Owner	Music Ventures, LLC, dba Broadcast Media LLC
Webcast	Listen live
Website	1310kfka.com

KFKA (1310 AM) is a radio station licensed to Greeley, Colorado that serves the Fort Collins-Greeley area. KFKA began broadcasts in June, 1923 as KFKA on 1100 kHz and was Colorado's first radio station. It is the flagship station for the University of Northern Colorado Bears football and basketball radio network. It also carries a full slate of high school football and basketball games.

It moved to 750 kHz then 1200 kHz, both in 1927. It moved to 880 kHz in 1928. As a result of the NARBA agreement it moved to 910 kHz in 1941. It moved to its current frequency in 1948.

KFKA presents local news every hour throughout the day, anchored by news and sports director Troy Coverdale, and is an affiliate of CBS Radio News and Fox News Radio, with updates at the top and bottom of each hour.

Local weekday programming on KFKA begins with "NoCo Morning News" from 6am to 9am with Chad Peterson. Following "NoCo Morning News" is "The Stacy Petty Show" from 9am to 11am. "Agfinity Sports Day" with hosts Brady Hull and Jason Homan from 11am-1pm covers all things sports from local to national, high school to pro. "The Scooter McGee Show" airs from 9pm to 12am. Local weekend shows include "Senior Circle" on Sundays 10am-11am, "Tidbits Radio" on Sundays 11am-12pm, and Golden Years Theatre on Sundays 6pm-12am.

KFKA has recently added three new shows: "Preps Midweek" and "Football Night in Northern Colorado" hosted by Tyler Walje, airs Wednesdays at 6 pm and Fridays at 5 pm, respectively and "Preps Rewind" with hosts Clark Johnson and Tyler Walje airs Saturdays 10am-11am and covers all high school sports in Northern Colorado.

KFKA also carries nationally syndicated programming: National sports host "Jim Rome" airs from 1pm to 4pm, "Dave Ramsey" airs 6pm to 9pm, and "Jerry Doyle" is on from 12am to 3am weekdays.

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Radio-Locator Information on KFKA

Radio stations in the Ft. Collins–Greeley, Colorado market

By AM frequency	560 600 650 670 710 760 850 870 1060 1170 1310 1360 1410 1450 1570

By FM frequency	88.3 88.9 89.7 90.5 90.7 91.5 92.5 92.9 93.9 94.3 94.9 96.1 97.9 99.1 99.9 100.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.9 104.7 105.5 107.3 107.9

By callsign	KARS-FM KCOL KCSU-FM KCWA KDSP KELS-LP KFKA KGAB KGRE KGRE-FM KGUD KHNC KIIX KJAC KJJD KJMP KKPL KLTT KLZ KMAX-FM KNUS KOA KOLT-FM KPAW KRCN KRFC KRKA KSME KTRR KUAD-FM KUNC KVAM KVXQ KWOF KXBG KXGR KYWY K235BT K297AK

Nearby radio markets Aspen Cheyenne Colorado Springs Denver–Boulder Laramie See also List of radio stations in Colorado

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Colorado

Stations	KCOL – Wellington KCSJ – Pueblo KDGO – Durango KFKA – Greeley KGLN – Glenwood Springs KHOW – Denver KLZ – Denver KNFO – Basalt KNUS – Denver KNZZ – Grand Junction KOA – Denver KRDO – Colorado Springs KRDO-FM – Security KVFC – Cortez KVOR – Colorado Springs KZNT – Colorado Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Colorado

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