In 1930, KGGF first signed on the air. It was powered at 1,000 watts and had to share time on the air on its original frequency of 1010 kilocycles.
On March 18, 1932, the Federal Radio Commission authorized moving the KGGF studios from South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, to Coffeyville, Kansas.[4] The studios were at the corner of 8th and Elm Streets. The owner was Hugh J. Powell.[5]
In the 1930s, 1010 kHz was a regional channel. The station later got a boost to 5,000 watts maximum and 500 watts minimum. In 1941, with the enactment of North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), KGGF was reassigned to 690 kHz, a Canadian clear channel frequency. It was authorized to run 50,000 watts maximum and 250 watts minimum, provided the station was 650 miles, or more, from the Canada–US border. Simultaneously, 1010 became a new Canadian clear channel frequency, assigned to Calgary while 690 was assigned to Montreal and later to Tijuana, Mexico.
In October 1947, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of KGGF from Hugh J. Powell to The Midwest Broadcasting Company for $400,000.[6]
In 1983, an FM station was added at 98.9 MHz. In 1991, Mahaffey Enterprises acquired KGGF-AM-FM for $750,000.[7]
