The flip-flopping of two of Clear Channel's Twin Cities radio stations has created an identity crisis of sorts. The sports format, which had been on AM 1130, has moved to 100.3 FM, where the conservative talk format had been.
The station at 100.3 is officially known as KFXN, but on the air (and strictly for branding purposes) it is called "100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan". Apparently, Clear Channel couldn't persuade the owners of KFAN-FM in Johnson City, Texas to part with their call letters.
KFXN is also used on AM 690, a tiny 500-watter during the day that has to cut back its power to a whopping four watts at night (according to Wikipedia), carries mainly syndicated sports talk shows that "The Fan" won't sacrifice its local programming on. "The Score 690" has been sold to a minority partnership, but will keep the sports format for now.
AM 1130 still has the KFAN call letters for now, but they will be changed to KTCN once the FCC gives its approval to reflect its branding as "Twin Cities News Talk". True, the format is more news than talk, and the network they use is Fox News Radio. But that's a subject for another time on another blog.
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