Licensed to Benton, Arkansas, the station mainly programs local content for Saline County, along with the southern portion of the Little Rock metropolitan area.

The station serves as a home base for the syndicated "Sports Night" program broadcast across the Arkansas Radio Network.

On February 7, 2014, KEWI went silent and then returned to the air on June 20, 2014 with a sports format with programming from ESPN Radio.

Effective October 6, 2017, Saline River Media sold KAFN to High Plains Radio Network, LLC for $50,000.

On May 19, 2024, HPRN took 9 of its stations (including KAFN) dark due to their transmitter lease dispute with a tower company, preparing to filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy