KFAS
{{Short description|Radio station in Casa Grande, Arizona (1956–1997)}}
{{for|the low-power radio station in Shelby, Montana|KFAS-LP}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KFAS
| airdate = {{Start date|1956|12|6}}
| last_airdate = At least November 1995 (license cancelled February 9, 1997)
| frequency = 1260 kHz
| city = Casa Grande, Arizona
| power = {{ubl|1,000 watts day|93 watts night{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Logbooks/NRC_Logs/NRC-1996-Log-16.pdf|title=KFAS|work=National Radio Club AM Log|edition=16|date=1996|access-date=June 29, 2017|page=147}}}}
| facility_id = 2752
| former_callsigns = KPIN (1956–1989)
| callsign_meaning = Francis Albert Sinatra{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-07-08.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=July 8, 1989|title=News/Talk PD Flux: 3WE, KTRH, WVON; Sinatra-Owned Ariz. Outlet Swings To AC|access-date=June 20, 2017}}
}}
KFAS was a radio station on 1260 kHz in Casa Grande, Arizona, United States, which operated from December 6, 1956, to at least November 1995. Its FCC license was canceled on February 9, 1997.
History
KPIN (call letters standing for Pinal County) signed on December 6, 1956, as the first radio station in Casa Grande.{{cite news|work=Casa Grande Dispatch|title=Chamber Welcomes KPIN|date=December 13, 1956}}{{cite web|title=Arizona|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1971/Section-B-Radio-Broadcasting-Yearbook-1971-11.pdf|work=1971 Broadcasting Yearbook|page=B-10|date=1971}} It broadcast with 1,000 watts during the day on 1260 kHz and was owned by the ABC Service Company, named for its three proprietors: E. Glenn Abercrombie, Milton F. Brown, Jr., and N. L. Caperton. Within six months of signing on, ABC Service Company sold the station to John W. Parham and David A. Garee, who promptly exited the partnership. In 1966, Casa Grande Broadcasting bought the station; by the time of its sale to KPIN, Inc. at the end of 1970, it held an affiliation with the Mutual Broadcasting System.{{r|byb}} In 1973, an application was made by new owner Santa Cruz Valley Communication Systems for an FM partner on 105.5 MHz;{{cite news|work=Casa Grande Dispatch|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13572979/|title=KPIN Proposing FM Station for Casa Grande|date=July 13, 1973}} Brett F. Eisele filed a mutually exclusive application{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1974/1974-05-27-BC.pdf|date=May 27, 1974|title=New FM stations – designated for hearing|work=Broadcasting|access-date=June 29, 2017|page=66}} and won the frequency, which signed on as KBFE in 1976.
In 1989, a consortium of owners including Frank Sinatra bought the station, continuing a revolving door of owners. The call sign was changed to KFAS, and it was paired with KFAS-FM (the former KBFE) at 105.5 MHz, giving it the FM counterpart it had not been able to obtain 15 years prior.{{cite news|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1989/BC-1989-07-03.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=July 3, 1989|title=Start spreading the news|access-date=June 20, 2017}} The call sign was derived from Sinatra's initials.{{r|fas}} KFAS broadcast country music, while KFAS-FM held an adult contemporary format. By 1990, KFAS had flipped to Spanish to fill a void created when station KXMK changed formats to classical music in a simulcast with Phoenix-area station KONC.{{cite magazine|title=Surprise! Radio Rips Into Milli Vanilli; San Antonio Gets Its Third Oldies FM|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-12-01.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=December 1, 1990|access-date=June 29, 2017}} Ultimately, the two stations began simulcasting again. However, the combo soon became embroiled in a buyout, lawsuits, and in 1992, a suit filed by the Associated Press which sought $28,158 in unpaid wire service bills.{{cite news|work=Casa Grande Dispatch|first=Steve|last=Wallace|date=October 24, 1992|title=CG Radio Station Changes Management and Format}}
In 1995, KFAS's FM counterpart (by now known as KKER), which had upgraded its facilities in order to become a rimshot into Phoenix, was bought by McDaniel and Callaham and began broadcasting the K-LOVE network, changing its calls to KLVA and later being sold directly to the Educational Media Foundation. One last go was made of 1260 AM late in 1995, when it returned to the air after an absence of more than two years and bearing a country format. It also sought to use the KKER call sign that had been used by 105.5 FM.{{cite news|work=Casa Grande Dispatch|date=November 1, 1995|title=KFAS Returns to the Air}} This final incarnation of the station was short-lived, disappearing quickly, and the license was canceled in February 1997 for failure to transmit in a 12-month period under Section 312(g) of the Communications Act.{{cite web|url=https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-97-661A1.pdf|author=Federal Communications Commission|title=DA 97-661: Expiration of Licenses for Radio Facilities|date=April 3, 1997|access-date=July 2, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://mesamike.org/radio/cdbs/dfac.mvc|title=Mesa Mike's List of Deleted AM Radio Stations|access-date=June 29, 2017}}
In May 2010, 1260 AM returned to Pinal County when KBSZ relocated from Wickenburg to Apache Junction, moving from 1250 kHz.{{cite news|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/80215/host-says-kbsz-to-flip-to-talk|work=All Access|title=Host Says KBSZ to Flip to Talk|date=September 2, 2010|access-date=June 29, 2017}}
References
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External links
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=43894 FCC History Cards for KFAS (KPIN)]
- [https://fccdata.org/?facid=2752&call=&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN FCCdata.org records for KPIN]
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Category:Radio stations established in 1956
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 1996
Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States
Category:1956 establishments in Arizona