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| Frequency | 750kHz |
| Branding | News Talk 750 and 103.7 KFQD |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| History | |
First air date | May 17, 1924 (101 years ago) (1924-05-17) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52675 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Translator | 103.7 K279BG (Anchorage) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KFQD (750AM) is acommercial radio station inAnchorage, Alaska branded as "News Talk 750 and 103.7 KFQD". It broadcasts anews/talkformat and is owned byConnoisseur Media. The studios and offices are on Arctic Slope Avenue in Anchorage.[2]
KFQD is the oldest radio station in Alaska and one of the most powerful. It is aClass A, 50,000 watt,non-directional station broadcasting on aclear channel frequency. Thetransmitter site is off Merlene Lane inPoint MacKenzie.[3]
KFQD is Alaska's primary entry point for theEmergency Alert System (EAS). It is also heard on 250 wattFM translator 103.7 K279BG in Anchorage and its adjacent suburbs.[4]
KFQD begins each weekday with a three-hour block of local news and information. That's followed bynationally syndicatedconservative talk shows includingArmstrong & Getty,Dave Ramsey, Chad Benson, Clyde Lewis andMarkley, Van Camp & Robbins. Weekends includeKim Komando,The Great American Outdoors,Big Alaska,Science Fantastic with Dr. Michio Kaku andBill Handel on the Law.
KFQD was the radio play-by-play home of theECHL'sAlaska Aces, which was simulcast byGCI on theircable network. KFQD also simulcasts some of the newscasts ofKTUU-TV Channel 2, the AnchorageNBC TelevisionNetwork affiliate.
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KFQD was first licensed on May 20, 1924, to the Chovin Supply Company.[6] The call letters were randomly assigned from an alphabetical roster of available call signs. The station was deleted in early 1925,[7] but relicensed, again to Chovin Supply Company as KFQD, later that year.[8]
In 1926, ownership was transferred to the Anchorage Radio Club.[9] In 1929, the station was deleted a second time,[10] but revived by the Anchorage Radio Club later that year.[11] By the 1930s, KFQD was transmitting at 780kHz, with a power of 250 watts, and studios at 411 Fourth Avenue.
With the 1941 implementation of theNorth American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), KFQD moved to 790 kHz, a regional frequency, still powered at 250 watts, but able to broadcast around the clock.[12] By this time, there were four radio stations in the Territory of Alaska. KFQD was the oldest, followed by stations inKetchikan (KGBU, July 29, 1926),Juneau (KINY, June 25, 1935), andFairbanks (KFAR, October 30, 1939).
In the late 1940s, KFQD got a power boost to 5,000 watts. In the 1960s, it moved to theclear channel frequency 750 kHz, shared withWSB inAtlanta but far enough away to avoid causing nighttime interference. At first, KFQD was powered at 10,000 watts. By the 1970s, it had raised its daytime power to 50,000 watts, but still 10,000 watts at night.
Then in the 1990s, as theFederal Communications Commission relaxed protections for the original clear channel stations, KFQD was permitted to broadcast at 50,000 watts around the clock, joining WSB as a Class A station on 750 AM.
In 1998, KFQD was acquired byMorris Communications.[13]
Alpha Media LLC became KFQD's owner on September 1, 2015. Alpha Media merged withConnoisseur Media on September 4, 2025.[14]
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