Kansas’s oldest commercially operated radio celebration is celebrating a century on the air. Sports Radio KFH turned 100 years old on Monday.
The week will be full of celebrations on air and off as former staffers and local officials make time to join the current hosts. The state has declared May 26 to be KFH Day.
The highlight of the week will see the late Larry Stanley inducted into the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame. Stanley was the station’s very first sports director. He served in the role from 1939 to 1949. The induction ceremony will happen on air at 10 AM local time during the station’s morning show Sports Daily.
“As the oldest radio station in Kansas, KFH Radio is very much a key piece of a fabric of this region and the city of Wichita,” Jackie Wise, Senior Vice President and Market Manager of Audacy’s Wichita cluster, said in a press release. “We’re honored to have been able to carry that baton for 100 years now, serving our community in key moments throughout history. We’re proud of the role we play in Wichita and look forward to celebrating our centennial anniversary alongside our loyal listeners.”
KFH was known as WEAH when it first signed on in 1922. It adopted its permanent call letters in 1925. The station made the switch to all sports in 2011.
