Programming
KFNC serves as the Houston affiliate for ESPN, which has been looking to add FM radio affiliates to its nationwide radio network. Various ESPN Radio programs, most notably Mike & Mike in the Morning and The Herd with Colin Cowherd, air on KFNC's schedule.
To compete with KBME and the market's long-time leading sports station, KILT-AM, KFNC brought on long-time Houston sports guru, Carl Dukes, to host "Put Up Your Dukes" on weekday mid-afternoons. Dukes' role expanded to drive-time (The Drive 5-7pm) with program director Dave Tepper and assistant program director Julie Takahashi.
KFNC also brought in a mid-day show, "The Blitz" (Weekdays 12-2pm), with Fred Faour, Matt Dean and Jong Lee in October 2009. In May 2010, Dean left for business school and was replaced by AJ Hoffman, from Austin's 1300 The Zone.
Houston Rockets hall of famer Calvin Murphy used to host a two-hour sports talk show that aired weekday evenings. This is Murphy's first broadcasting job in Houston since his unceremonious departure in 2004 from his position as the Rockets' television analyst alongside longtime Rockets play-by-play announcer Bill Worrell. Saturday mornings are filled with the extreme automobile ramblings of John Clay Wolfe.
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