KFI (640 AM) is a radio station in Los Angeles, California, owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. It began operations in 1922 and became one of the first high-powered, clear-channel Class A stations. It was the first U.S. station west of Chicago to broadcast at 50,000 watts. [2]

2008年11月18日 · On Sept. 25 at 5:10 p.m., morning show host Bill Handel closed the ceremonial knife switch that put KFI back on full power into its new tower. Sixty-four contest winners and their guests were invited to the party near the base of the new tower, where catered food and refreshments were available.

A Tour of the KFI Transmitter Facility As you travel along Interstate 5 between Norwalk and Buena Park, California, you can't miss this tall radio tower out there in La Mirada. This is the transmitter facility for clear channel station KFI Los Angeles, 640 KHz, 50,000 watts.

Pictures of the KFI - 640 tower that fell. La Mirada (Los Angeles), CA December 19, 2004. On 12/19/04, a small private plane rammed into the KFI tower, apparently about ten feet below the top. Just over seven months since the tower was refurbished, it was a total loss.

2006年1月20日 · This week, we feature our April, 2005 visit to one of the saddest sights in the broadcast world, a major transmitter site without its tower. On December 19, 2004, KFI's 750-foot main tower was hit by a single-engine Cessna 182 on approach to nearby Fullerton Airport, killing the pilot and his wife and destroying the tower.

2004年12月19日 · On the morning of Sunday, December 19, 2004, a private pilot trying to land at the local airport hit the KFI tower - destroying it - and killing the pilot and his wife. Pictures of the disaster are located here.

KFI-AM 640 Ideco Transmission Tower Former site of 750' broadcast antenna for KFI 640 AM. Tower collapsed after a small plane collided with it in Dec 2004. Two were killed in the plane, but no one on...

2008年3月18日 · TOWER DOWN: The KFI radio tower in La Mirada collapsed this afternoon during construction. According to officials, a construction worker was injured in the crash. By Eric Carpenter | Orange...

It is a big, broad tower with a 50-foot capacitive hat for top loading and is lit on two levels with High Intensity Strobe Lighting. You can't miss it driving down the 5 freeway or across the 91 freeway near Beach Blvd.

It took KFI 3 1/2 years to secure all necessary approvals and permits to construct a replacement main tower in La Mirada, CA after the original 750' main tower was struck by a light plane on approach to Fullerton Airport Sunday morning 12/19/2004 and …