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| Broadcast area | Fargo-Moorhead |
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| Frequency | 740kHz |
| Branding | The Fan 740/107.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | [1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KFGO,KFGO-FM,KOYY,KRWK,KVOX-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | November 13, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-11-13) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 135847 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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| Translator | 107.3 K297BW (Fargo) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 740thefan.com |
KNFL (740kHz, "740 The Fan") is anAMradio station broadcasting asports format. The station serves theFargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Wausau, Wisconsin-basedMidwest Communications Inc. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street inFargo, while its 6-tower transmitter array is located northeast ofGlyndon. It has the fifth biggest daytime AM signal in the country.
First known as KKAG, 740 AM signed on testing its signal on November 13, 2006, with open carriers andtest tones. The station became fully licensed by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) on May 28, 2007, originally owned by Jeffrey Dress ofKennewick, Washington, and had been on the air since with aclassic 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 theClear 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 theFan Radio Network. KVOX on 1280 AM (nowKVXR), former home of The Fan, is now aCatholic 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 toKVXR.
On March 29, 2017, the station changed its call sign to the current KNFL.
46°58′29″N96°30′12″W / 46.97472°N 96.50333°W /46.97472; -96.50333