KVSH is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Valentine, Nebraska

Valentine, Nebraska

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,820 people, 1,209 households, and 733 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,401.1 people per square mile . There were 1,373 housing units at an average density of 682.2 per square mile...

, USA. The station, established in 1961, is currently owned by the Heart City Radio Company.

Programming

KVSH broadcasts a Full Service

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 format including news

News Radio

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, talk

Talk radio

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, and country music

Country music

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In addition to its regular programming, this station also broadcasts University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

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 games as an affiliate of the Husker Sports Network.

History

This station began broadcasting on March 5, 1961, with 500 watt

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s of power on a frequency of 940 kHz. The Valentine Broadcasting Company, owned by the Huse Publishing Company as part of a four-station group of radio stations across Nebraska, initially broadcast from studios in the Marian Hotel. The station was assigned the KVSH call sign

Call sign

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 by the Federal Communications Commission

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By 1963, KVSH was authorized to increase its signal power to 5,000 watts but was still restricted to daytimer operation. The Valentine Broadcasting Company sold KVSH to the Beef Country Company in a transaction that was consummated in October 1971.

In March 1990, the Beef Country Company announced an agreement to sell this station to the Heart City Radio Company. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 21, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 6, 1990.