KQFN (1580 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tempe, Arizona and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is owned by CRC Broadcasting Company, Inc., and airs an all-sports radio format branded as "The Fanatic." Morning and afternoon drive-time programming on weekdays comes from local hosts, with the nationally syndicated Jim Rome heard middays, and programming from the BetQL Audio Network, CBS Sports Radio, and Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN) heard nights and weekends. The studios and offices are on East Evans Road in Scottsdale. The transmitter is located off North 38th Avenue near West Indian School Road, in Phoenix. The station had been owned by ABC for its Radio Disney format and operated at the maximum power permitted by the Federal Communications Commission for commercial AM stations, 50,000 watts around the clock. But in October 2015, as it was being sold, the station went silent. It returned to the air under new ownership on February 13, 2017 and is now simulcast on two FM translators, K257CD in Phoenix, operating at 99.3 MHz and K240EU in Tempe, at 95.9 MHz. In addition, the AM station now drastically reduces its power at night to 95 watts, using a non-directional antenna, instead of the previous complicated directional antenna multi-tower array, required to maintain its former nighttime power of 50,000 watts. 1580 AM is Canadian clear-channel frequency, on which CKDO in Oshawa, Ontario is the dominant Class A station. There are no other Class A stations on this frequency in North America. History KYND The station first began broadcasting on June 1, 1960, with the call sign KYND. The station's license was assigned by the FCC on July 25, 1960. KYND was originally owned by Dick Gilbert, a singer, music editor, and disc jockey. During the period the station was KYND, it broadcast middle of the road music, and was branded as "The Kind Station". The station originally broadcast only during daytime hours, with a power of 10,000 watts. In the mid-1960s the station's power was increased 50,000 watts during the day, with a power of 10,000 watts during critical hours. In 1966, the station's owner, Dick Gilbert sold the station to Rene Cote for $341,250, which included $148,250 for station equipment and a noncompetition agreement, and $193,000 for a 10-year consultation contract. Buck Owens era KTUF In 1967, the station was purchased by Buck Owens for $350,000. Owens had the