For other stations which used the KFI callsign, please see KFI (disambiguation)

KFI (disambiguation)

KFI may refer to:* KFI, a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States* KPWR, a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States, which formerly used the call sign KFI-FM...

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KFI is an AM

AM broadcasting

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 radio station in Los Angeles, California. It received its license to operate on March 31, 1922 and began operating on April 16, 1922 as one of the United States' first high-powered, "clear-channel" stations. Currently, it operates as a talk radio

Talk radio

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 station, airing a mixture of syndicated and locally originated news and talk programming.

In the Spring 2006 quarter Arbitron

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 rating, KFI was the most listened to radio station in Los Angeles, averaging approximately 1.5 million listeners during any given weekday.