KNFL (AM)

KNFL (740 AM, "740 The Fan") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. The station serves the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Wausau, Wisconsin-based Midwest Communications Inc. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street in Fargo, while its 6-tower transmitter array is located northeast of Glyndon. It has the fifth biggest daytime AM signal in the country.

KNFL

Fargo, North Dakota
Broadcast area	Fargo-Moorhead
Frequency	740 kHz
Branding	The Fan 740/107.3
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	KFAN Radio Network ESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner	Duke Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	KFGO, KFGO-FM, KOYY, KRWK, KVOX-FM
History
First air date	November 13, 2006 (2006-11-13)
Former call signs	KKAG (2006–2007) KVOX (2007–2017)
Call sign meaning	National Football League (Midwest also owns WNFL Green Bay)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	135847
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts (day) 7,500 watts (critical hours) 940 watts (night)
Translator(s)	107.3 K297BW (Fargo)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	740thefan.com

History

First known as KKAG, 740 AM signed on testing its signal on November 13, 2006, with open carriers and test tones. The station became fully licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on May 28, 2007, originally owned by Jeffrey Dress of Kennewick, Washington, and had been on the air since with a classic country format.

Although the radio industry already had speculated so, KKAG was originally planned to be operated by the late Robert Ingstad, but the project was put on the back burner when Robert Ingstad's brother, James Ingstad, purchased the Clear Channel radio station group of Fargo in January 2007.

On Monday, June 11, 2007, it was announced that Radio Fargo-Moorhead, owned by James Ingstad, planned to buy KKAG from Jeffrey Dress, and that it would broadcast the Fan Radio Network. KVOX on 1280 AM (now KVXR), former home of The Fan, is now a Catholic radio station owned by Real Presence radio. The official sale to Ingstad was approved on August 3, 2007. KKAG began simulcasting KVOX on August 14, 2007. On September 14, 2007, KKAG changed its call letters to KVOX, and the former KVOX (1280 AM) switched to KVXR.

On March 29, 2017, the station changed its call sign to the current KNFL.

Former Logo

External links

• 740 The Fan
• FAN Radio Network
• Facility details for Facility ID 135847 (KNFL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KNFL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 142367 (K297BW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K297BW at FCCdata.org