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KFNS

WOOD RIVER IL

AM BROADCAST

590 kHz

Zobrist Media, LLC
9119 Lawn Ave.
St. Louis MO 63144
5736940220
Facility ID: 13505
Licensed

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FRN: 0025868001

L2C BL-19810128AD

Granted

04/21/1982

REC Application ID: 26980 (LMS)
Legacy CDBS Application ID: 26980
Record Type: Full Service AM
Application Purpose: License to Cover
FRN: 0031561574
Community of license: WOOD RIVER, IL, US
NAD83 Coordinates: 38 55' 43.0" N / 90 5' 8.0" W
Frequency: 590 kHz
FCC Station Class: B
Public Notice Comments: LIC. TO COVER (BP-21253-BP810128AM AS MOD). FOR CHGS.

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Primary Tower Coordinates: 38 55' 43.2" N / 90 5' 8.4" W
Power: 1 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 332.01 mV/m at 1km

Twr	Field Ratio	Elec. Ht.	Phas- ing	Spac- ing	Orien- tation	Tower Ref	Top Load	Sw A	Sw B	Sw C	Sw D	Tower Height
A	1	0	0	0	0	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m
B	0.49	0	149.3	89	15.9	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m
C	0.76	0	-145.8	88.3	198.28	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m
D	0.21	0	65.4	180	198.4	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m

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Nighttime | View Towers

Primary Tower Coordinates: 38 55' 43.2" N / 90 5' 8.4" W
Power: 1 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 281.64 mV/m at 1km

Twr	Field Ratio	Elec. Ht.	Phas- ing	Spac- ing	Orien- tation	Tower Ref	Top Load	Sw A	Sw B	Sw C	Sw D	Tower Height
A	1	0	0	0	0	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m
B	0.526	0	161.75	89	15.9	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m
C	0.526	0	-165.75	88.3	198.28	N	N	65.0	22.0	0	0	91.8m

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CALL SIGN HISTORY

WCEO - 11/01/1989 (CDBS)
KEZK - 01/29/1991 (CDBS)
KFNS - 07/09/1993 (CDBS)
Where this call sign has been:
10/19/1988 on 1360 in AMARILLO TX - now KTNZ (CDBS)
10/07/1999 on 100.7 in TROY MO - now KFNS-FM (CDBS)

PERIODS OF SILENCE

Dates		Reason	# Days
11/12/2014~11/05/2015			358

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APPLICATION HISTORY

	BR-19790730UY	Renewal	Granted 11/30/1979
	BL-19810128AD	License to Cover	Granted 04/21/1982
	BR-19820802H5	Renewal	Granted 11/19/1982
	BAL-19821221FB	Assign License/CP	Granted 02/15/1983
	BRC-19830815AE	Renewal	Granted 08/22/1983
	BTC-19870617KS	Transfer of Control	Granted 06/25/1987
	BTC-19871110KX	Transfer of Control	Granted 11/25/1987
	BAL-19890412GO	Assign License/CP	Granted 06/22/1989
	BR-19890801YH	Renewal	Granted 11/20/1989
	BTC-19910221EB	Transfer of Control	Granted 03/05/1991
	BTC-19910627GF	Transfer of Control	Granted 07/16/1991
	BTC-19920930HE	Transfer of Control	Granted 10/02/1992
	BAL-19930125EC	Assign License/CP	Granted 04/23/1993
	BAL-19951103EE	Assign License/CP	Granted 02/06/1996
	BAL-19960411EA	Assign License/CP	Granted 06/11/1996
	BR-19960801P1	Renewal	Granted 11/20/1996
	BAL-19971023GE	Assign License/CP	Granted 05/15/1998
	BAL-20040521AGX	Assign License/CP-amend	Granted 07/13/2004
	BR-20040802BCO	Renewal	Granted 08/18/2005
	BAL-20100614ACJ	Assign License/CP	Granted 07/27/2010
	BR-20120801ACF	Renewal-amendment	Granted 11/23/2012
	BTC-20151002ABC	Transfer of Control-amend	Granted 10/09/2015
	NoFileNumber	Resume Operations	Granted 11/10/2015
	BLSTA-20151015ACB	Silent STA	Dismissed 11/10/2015
	BAL-20151109FSZ	Assign License/CP	Granted 01/06/2016
	BAL-20160607AAP	Assign License/CP	Granted 06/13/2016
	BAL-20191223AAN	Assign License/CP	Granted 01/08/2020
	BTC-20200311AAB	Transfer of Control	Granted 04/30/2020
	0000119584	Renewal	Granted 11/20/2020
From: MARKEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
To: ZOBRIST MEDIA, LLC
	0000168138	Assign License/CP-amend	Granted 01/18/2022
	0000269866	Change Call Sign	Granted 04/25/2025
	Callsign Requested: KLIS.
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IMPORTED LETTERS

Incoming letter or scanned document	BL-19810128AD	02/05/2016
Imported Letter	BL-19810128AD	04/21/1982
History card		01/01/1980