KION is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Salinas, California

Salinas, California

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, USA, the station serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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 and features programing from Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

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, ABC Radio  and Premiere Radio Networks

Premiere Radio Networks

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History

The station was assigned the call letters KHTX on December 28, 1991. On January 10, 1992, the station changed its call sign to KRQC. In January 1995, the station reverted to KHTX. On May 1, 1997 the station became KDON and on October 12, 1998 KTXX. In August 2002 the calls became the current KION, however on October 19, 2004 the station changed again to KABL. On December 31, 2006 the station reverted back to the current KION.