KCFX

KCFX (101.1 FM, "101 The Fox") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to the suburb of Harrisonville, Missouri, it serves the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It first began broadcasting under the call sign KRYP. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located in Mission, Kansas, and the transmitter is in the city's East Side.

History

Playing country and MOR since its inception in 1974, the original call sign was KIEE until they were assigned KCFX on December 21, 1983. They played album rock until developing the current Fox format (101 the Fox) in 1985, when they became the first classic rock station in a major market in the country. They played a blend of artists from the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Recently they have started playing some hits from the 1990s by artists like Bruce Springsteen and Scorpions. This comes after years of billing themselves as only playing 1970s rock with some 1960s and 1980s. As the years wore on they added more 1980s. Some of the artists they play are The Beatles, Eric Clapton, The Doors, Cheap Trick, Night Ranger, Inxs, Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Cars, The Police, Heart, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Poison, and Creedence Clearwater Revival among many others. In 1990, they swapped frequencies with KMZU in Carrollton, jumping from 100.7 MHz to 101.1.