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30 Years ago Shawn Kiser started at KFIZ and explains how it all started.
07/25/2025

30 Years ago Shawn Kiser started at KFIZ and explains how it all started.

Listen to 30 Years of Shawn Kiser on KFIZ by News-Talk 1450 KFIZ & 100.7 FM on

07/25/2025

On Thursday, July 24th, 2025 at 4:59 p.m. the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received multiple 911 calls of a three vehicle crash at the intersection of […]

07/25/2025

One person was killed in a crash on Highway 151 near Waupun Thursday, July 24, 2025. At about 6:00 p.m. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of and […]

07/25/2025

A man suffering a mental health crisis was assisted by Fond du Lac County law enforcement Thursday night, July 24, 2025. At 11:25 pm a deputy with the Fond du […]

07/25/2025

Tense moments at Wittmann Regional Airport yesterday morning, as reports of flames coming from one of the engines of Fifi, one of only two operating B29 bomber planes, sent airport […]

07/25/2025

By Nick Van Nocker Fond du Lac, WI — The Fond du Lac Lakers Legion baseball program is celebrating a landmark achievement as both their 16U and 17U teams prepare […]

30 years ago today our very own Shawn Kiser started his radio career at KFIZ at the ripe age of 15. He would then spend ...
07/24/2025

30 years ago today our very own Shawn Kiser started his radio career at KFIZ at the ripe age of 15. He would then spend the next ten years here before moving on up to Green Bay. Who knew in 2022 he would return to his hometown and his first love, KFIZ. Cheers to you, SK! Listen tomorrow morning at 7:20 when Shawn recalls these memories with Nick Van Nocker on KFIZ Today. In the meantime, enjoy these pics of him over the years. Cheers to the first...and next...30!

Tony Evers will not seek a third term as Wisconsin's Governor.
07/24/2025

Tony Evers will not seek a third term as Wisconsin's Governor.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, announced Thursday that he will not seek a third term in 2026, creating the first open race for governor in the […]

07/24/2025

The photos with the long streak of light is a long exposure of planes with lights shooting out pyrotechnics.

07/24/2025

Photos of EAA AirVenture including a storm shelf cloud that passed over.

07/24/2025

The Rose M. Buckarma Foundation will help to ensure that Holy Family Catholic Community can serve those in need at the Holy Family Warming Shelter for many years to come. […]

07/24/2025

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says they’ll conduct a live, online public involvement meeting Wednesday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m., to show proposed intersection improvements to State Highway 26 and […]

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KFIZ History

In 1922, an automobile dealer, looking for a way to help stir up interest in the radios he was selling to supplement his auto business, decided to start a radio station. It was the first commercial radio station in the state of Wisconsin.

An application to broadcast was approved and KFIZ was born. There were no rigid federal restrictions about call letters at that time and KFIZ became one of the few stations east of the Mississippi River, beginning with the letter "K." The little third floor studio was tuned in regularly by area residents. They heard a few records, many local singers and musicians who "just dropped in." The owners operated the station at their own convenience, and it was often off the air by 6p.m.

Since it began broadcast operations in 1922, News-Talk 1450 KFIZ has been one the Fond du Lac area depended on for news, weather, sports, and agri-business. Being Fond du Lac's only News-Talk station KFIZ has long been a favorite stop for all generations of radio listeners seeking the most up-to-date information and entertainment around.