KOY
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| City | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Branding | KFYI 2 |
| Slogan | The Next Generation Of Talk |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1940 (as KPHO) |
| Format | Conservative Talk |
| Audience share | 1.4, #20 (Fa'07, R&R) |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 63914 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°26′10″N 112°6′34″W / 33.43611°N 112.10944°W |
| Former callsigns | KPHO (1940-1949) KRIZ (1950-1978) KFLR (1978-1990) KAMJ (1990-1991) KISP (1991-1992) KYOT (1992-1994) KISO (1994-1999) |
| Affiliations | Bloomberg Radio |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.) |
| Sister stations | KESZ, KFYI, KGME, KMXP, KNIX-FM, KYOT-FM, KZZP |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kfyi2 |
KOY (1230 AM) in Phoenix is the oldest radio station in the state of Arizona. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station is currently branded as KFYI 2. Its studios are located in Phoenix near Sky Harbor International Airport and its transmitter is located southwest of downtown Phoenix near the intersection of Interstate 17 and Buckeye Road.
KOY was the first radio station in the state of Arizona, signing on in 1921 as Amateur Radio station 6BBH on 360 meters (833 kHz). Earl Neilsen was the holder of the 6BBH callsign (there were no country prefixes for hams prior to 1928). At that time, broadcasting by ham radio operators was legal.
In 1922, the station received its broadcast license, under the Neilsen Radio & Sporting Goods Company business name, with the callsign KFCB. While the KFCB call letters were sequentially assigned, the station adopted the slogan "Kind Friends Come Back" to match the callsign.
A Phoenix teenager and radio enthusiast named Barry Goldwater was one of the new station's first employees.
When the AM broadcast band was opened in 1923 by the Department of Commerce, KFCB moved around the dial, as did many stations at the time. It was on 1260, 1230, 1310, and 1390 before moving to its long-time home of 550 kHz in 1941. KFCB became KOY on February 8, 1929.
From 1932 to 1949, KOY was the CBS Radio Network affiliate for the Phoenix area. It became the Mutual affiliate in 1949 after KOOL 960 took the CBS affiliation.
In 1936, Earl Neilsen sold KOY to Prairie Farmer, dba Salt River Valley Broadcasting Company. He remained Station Manager for a couple of years. Prairie Farmer was the owner of WLS radio in Chicago at the time.
In March 1937, KOY moved from its long-time home on N. Central Ave. to 12th St. and Camelback Rd. (KOY never had studios at 12th St. and Camelback Rd but that was the location of its transmitter until the late 1960s.) That location is now the home of a car dealership. The 550 (KFYI) transmitter is now near 36th St. and Southern Ave. in south Phoenix.
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