WKFI (1090 AM) is a

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, and serving the eastern suburbs of the

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. The station is owned by Town And Country Broadcasting, Inc. It is

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with co-owned WBZI

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in Xenia, broadcasting a

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, known as "Real Roots Radio." News updates are provided by Fox News Radio and the Ohio News Network. By day, WKFI is powered at 1,000

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s using a

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. But because

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A

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, WBAL

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and XEPRS

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, WKFI must

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at night to avoid interference. Programming is also heard on

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W294CQ at 106.7

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Brief history

On December 5, 1964, the station signed on as WMWM. In 1974, it switched its

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to WKFI. Several formats over the years included Middle of the Road,

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with farm news and later Southern Gospel. In 1968, an FM station was added as WKIT at 102.3 MHz. At first, the two stations

their programming. Then briefly it took the WKFI call letters until the early 1970s when the call sign changed to WDHK with an

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format. That format remained throughout the 1970s and 1980s when the call sign was switched to WSWO-FM in 1982 and then playing new country in 1997. It became classic country in 2003 as a brief AM/FM simulcast of WBZI until WSWO-FM was sold to EMF Broadcasting becoming WKLN, the southwest Ohio repeater of K-LOVE, a national

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format. On March 23, 2018, WKFI rebranded as "Real Roots Radio".Ohio Classic Country Trimulcast Rebrands as Real Roots Radio
Radioinsight - March 23, 2018 WKFI retains the simulcast of WBZI to this day.

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FCC History Cards for WKFI

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Brief history

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