KPHN
Encyclopedia
KPHN is a radio station
broadcasting a Children's Radio
format.Licensed to Kansas City, Missouri
, USA, the station serves the Kansas City area. The station is currently owned by the Walt Disney Company
and features programing from Radio Disney
.
On 1978-12-20, the station changed its call sign to KJLA
under Owner/General Manager Wilton "Chip" Osborn, and played 24-hour disco music until that music phenomenon faded in 1980. Even the newscasts had a disco beat in the background. KJLA switched to "The Music of Your Life" in the fall of 1981, and dropped all local newscasts - yet several months later, the station received a national Associated Press
award for its coverage of the deadly Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse.
On 1992-10-12 the station became KFEZ. On 1997-03-03 to the current KPHN. Prior to its current Radio Disney format, KPHN broadcast Business News.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Children's Radio
Children's radio
Children's radio is a radio format aimed primarily at pre-teen children. Examples include the Radio Disney network of radio stations, XM Kids satellite radio channel and in the UK Fun Kids....
format.Licensed to Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, USA, the station serves the Kansas City area. The station is currently owned by the Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
and features programing from Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
.
History
The station went on the air as KAYQ, and played country music for several years.On 1978-12-20, the station changed its call sign to KJLA
KJLA
KJLA channel 49 is a digital-only multiplexed full power television station, licensed to Ventura, California, with studios based in West Los Angeles, California. It is a multilingual television station with programming in Spanish, English, Korean, Vietnamese, and Mandarin, and is the home of LATV...
under Owner/General Manager Wilton "Chip" Osborn, and played 24-hour disco music until that music phenomenon faded in 1980. Even the newscasts had a disco beat in the background. KJLA switched to "The Music of Your Life" in the fall of 1981, and dropped all local newscasts - yet several months later, the station received a national Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
award for its coverage of the deadly Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse.
On 1992-10-12 the station became KFEZ. On 1997-03-03 to the current KPHN. Prior to its current Radio Disney format, KPHN broadcast Business News.