KCFX

KCFX
City Harrisonville, Missouri
Broadcast area Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Branding 101 The Fox
Slogan Kansas City's Only Classic Rock Station
Frequency 101.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s) 93.7 K229AU (Lee's Summit, relays HD3)
103.7 K279BI (Kansas City, relays HD2)
First air date 1974 (as KIEE at 100.7)
Format Classic rock
HD2: KCMO (AM) simulcast
HD3: Christian
"93.7 The Fountain"
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 335 meters
Class C0
Facility ID 27021
Transmitter coordinates 39°01′20.00″N 94°30′49.00″W / 39.0222222°N 94.5136111°W / 39.0222222; -94.5136111
Callsign meaning Kansas City's The FoX
Former callsigns KIEE (1974-1983)
Former frequencies 100.7 MHz (1974-1990)
Owner Cumulus Media
(CMP Houston-KC, LLC)
Sister stations KCHZ, K279BI, KCJK, KCMO-FM/AM, KMJK
Webcast KCFX Webstream or
KCFX Webstream iHeart
KCFX-HD3 Webstream
Website 101thefox.net
fountainradio.com (HD3)

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. In 1990, they swapped frequencies with KMZU in Carrollton, jumping from 100.7 MHz to 101.1. They played a blend of artists from the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In recent years they have started playing some hits from the 1990s by artists like Bruce Springsteen and Scorpions, as well as Collective Soul, Stone Temple Pilots, and Metallica, among others. 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 air 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. The Fox, since 1990 NFL season, is the flagship station for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. It is believed to be the first FM music station to carry an NFL team's play-by-play.

The station carried The Bob & Tom Show from March 13, 2006 to February 9, 2007 as its morning drive program. A new local morning show featuring former KYYS voices Larry Moffit and Frankie (formerly middays) replaced that show. On January 11, 2008, longtime rival rocker KYYS changed formats (and call letters to KBLV), prompting KCFX to change its slogan to "Kansas City's Only Classic Rock Station."

In October 2008, Cumulus Media had massive layoffs to its stations across the country. Among those released were KCFX morning team Moffit and Frankie. In March 2009, Slacker, longtime heritage Classic Rock DJ from Kansas City, was installed as the KCFX morning show weekdays from 5am to 9am. Program Director Chris Hoffman took over at middays from 9am to 2pm, and longtime heritage Classic Rock DJ Skid Roadie aired on the drive home evenings from 2pm to 7pm.[1] In 2013, Dan McClintock replaced Chris Hoffman as Program Director.[2]

KCFX-HD2

On March 18, 2010, KCFX-HD2 signed on with mainstream rock as "103.7 The Dam" (in reference to new FM translator K279BI 103.7 FM). On April 29, 2012, KCFX-HD2 changed their format to a simulcast of news/talk-formatted KCMO 710 AM.

KCFX-HD3

KCFX-HD3 is on the air with Christian as "107.9 The Fountain" (in reference to FM translator K229AU 107.9 FM).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "KCFX FM / 101.1 THE FOX Overview" (PDF). Cumulus Kansas City. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dan McClintock Moves From Toledo To Program Cumulus/KC Stations". AllAccess.com. All Access Music Group. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.fountainradio.com/
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