KBFX (100.5 FM) is a commercial

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in Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned by

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Its studios are located at

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in Anchorage, and its transmitter is located atop the Denali Tower North south of downtown.

History

The station began in 1978 as KHVN, playing a religious format. It underwent several changes in both format and callsigns throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. KBFX debuted in

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as "100.5 The Fox", playing the strict version of Jacobs Media's

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format. Programming was initially run by Dave Moore, who had studied the format with Fred Jacobs at its inception. Staff included afternoon deejay CC Ryder (who won a small market

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for her work), evening deejay T-bone, and former

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deejay Rick Rydell (hired in 1990). Moore was replaced by Jack Hicks from

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, then three months later Hicks returned to

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and was replaced by local broadcaster Devan Mitchell. During Mitchell's watch, a competitor in the same format ("Arrow 102") came on the air for the first time since 1989.

Programming

Weekdays: BMAN (overnights), Woody and Wilcox (mornings), Chrys Castle (middays), Crash (afternoons),

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(nights) Saturdays: Hooker (overnights), Woody and Wilcox (mornings), Laura (middays), BMAN (afternoons), Bill Moran (nights), Dee Snider(overnights) Sundays: Hooker (overnights), Marc Coppola (mornings), Laura (middays), Tony TNT Tilford (afternoons), Bill Moran (nights), Dee Snider (overnights)

References

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* 1978 establishments in Alaska Classic rock radio stations in the United States IHeartMedia radio stations Radio stations established in 1978 BFX {{AnchorageAK-geo-stub