KVNA (AM)
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KVNA is a radio station
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona
, USA, the station serves the Flagstaff area. The station is currently owned by Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation and features programing from CBS Radio
, ESPN Radio
and Westwood One
. KVNA's original transmitter was demolished to make way for a shopping development. The station is currently using the wiring in its studio as the transmitter until a new tower can be built.
daytimer signing off at sunset each day when it was originally on the 1290 AM frequency
and also broadcasted at 1000 Watts day and 500 Watts nighttime, DA-2, when it was later moved to 690 AM frequency. The station later changed their call sign to KZKZ after it was sold in 1981.
station at 97.5 MHz. The station finally ended up on the 600 AM frequency in the late 1990s after the owners obtained the license to broadcast there. KCLS
, the station that had been on the 600 kHz AM frequency, went dark
in 1986.
owned no other radio stations
owned no other radio stations
owned stations in Kansas along with 97.5 KVNA-FM and was to sign on current KMGN
owned sister stations KZGL-FM, KVNA-FM along with stations in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, California, New Mexico and Minnesota
currently owns KQST-FM, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KKLD-FM, KYBC-AM
and KNIX
) started at KZKZ while in college at Northern Arizona University. Jim Sharpe, who has worked mornings in several major markets, including Los Angeles spent some of his early radio career at KCLS in the early 1980s. Some other notable personalities and shows to appear on either station were:
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 News Talk Information format. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...
, USA, the station serves the Flagstaff area. The station is currently owned by Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation and features programing from CBS Radio
CBS Radio
CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country...
, ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
and Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
. KVNA's original transmitter was demolished to make way for a shopping development. The station is currently using the wiring in its studio as the transmitter until a new tower can be built.
Call sign history
The station was assigned the call letters KZKZ on 1981-09-24. On 1986-07-15, the station changed its call sign to the current KVNA.KEOS
KVNA started as KEOS which used the slogan "Service in Sound in Northern Arizona" in the 1950s and 1960s. The station was owned by Flagstaff businessman Jack Bird and licensed to Thunderbird Broadcasting Company, the call letters stood for the initials of the first owner E.O. Smith. KEOS ("Chaos") was a 1000 wattWatt
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daytimer signing off at sunset each day when it was originally on the 1290 AM frequency
Frequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...
and also broadcasted at 1000 Watts day and 500 Watts nighttime, DA-2, when it was later moved to 690 AM frequency. The station later changed their call sign to KZKZ after it was sold in 1981.
KVNA
After another ownership change in 1986, the call sign was changed to KVNA and paired with a new FMFrequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
station at 97.5 MHz. The station finally ended up on the 600 AM frequency in the late 1990s after the owners obtained the license to broadcast there. KCLS
KCLS (defunct)
KCLS was the second radio station to broadcast in Flagstaff. The first station failed. Licensed to Flagstaff, Charles J. Saunders put it on the air in 1950.-History:KCLS signed on the air in 1950 and was owned by Saunders Broadcasting...
, the station that had been on the 600 kHz AM frequency, went dark
Dark (broadcasting)
In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
in 1986.
Station Ownership
- 1952 - 1974 THUNDERBIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY
owned no other radio stations
- 1974 - 1978 CFK CORPORATION (Jason Jennings, Paul Knutsen, Connie Knutsen)
owned no other radio stations
- 1978 - 1994 in receivership to Jack Bird, former Principal of Thunderbird Broadcasting, with Todd Wallace, broadcast consultant
- 1994 - 1996 PARK LANE COMMUNICATIONS
owned stations in Kansas along with 97.5 KVNA-FM and was to sign on current KMGN
- 1996 - 1999 REGENT BROADCASTING
owned sister stations KZGL-FM, KVNA-FM along with stations in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, California, New Mexico and Minnesota
- 1999 - Current YAVAPAI BROADCASTING
currently owns KQST-FM, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KKLD-FM, KYBC-AM
On-air personalities/shows
Some notable radio personalities have worked at either KVNA or KCLS earlier in their careers. Tim Hattrick of the well known Phoenix morning team of Tim and Willie (who have worked at KMLEKMLE
KMLE, "KMLE Country 108", is a Country music outlet serving the Phoenix area. The CBS Radio station operates at 107.9 MHz with an ERP of 96 kW and is licensed to Chandler, Arizona. Its facility ID number is 59965.-History:...
and KNIX
KNIX
KNIX-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting a Country music format. The station is based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 102.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 98 kW....
) started at KZKZ while in college at Northern Arizona University. Jim Sharpe, who has worked mornings in several major markets, including Los Angeles spent some of his early radio career at KCLS in the early 1980s. Some other notable personalities and shows to appear on either station were:
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Weekend Roundup - KVNA Saturday Folk with Barry Harrison
- KVNA Collectors Connection
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- Steve Dale's Pet World
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This Morning / This Weekend - KVNA Radio Fiesta with Arlette Vague (Spanish)
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Sports
- KVNA Sports' Outta'Bounds with The Byrdman
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