KKNT
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| City of license | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix area |
| Branding | Newstalk 960 |
| Frequency | 960 kHz |
| First air date | June 1947 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Audience share | 1.1, #25 (Fa'07, R&R[1]) |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 13508 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°41′34″N 112°0′9″W / 33.69278°N 112.0025°WCoordinates: 33°41′34″N 112°0′9″W / 33.69278°N 112.0025°W |
| Former callsigns | KOOL (1947-1979, 1983-1996) KARZ (1979-1983) KPXQ (1996-1999) KCTK (1999-2002) |
| Owner | Salem Communications (Common Ground Broadcasting, Inc) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kknt960.com |
KKNT (960 AM, "Newstalk 960") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Phoenix, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Phoenix area. The station is currently owned by Common Ground Broadcasting, Inc and features programming from Salem Communications.[2]
KKNT primarily airs national talk programming from its Salem Radio Network.
[edit] History
The station signed on in June 1947 as KOOL-AM. The station changed its call letters to KARZ in 1979, but reverted back to KOOL-AM in 1983. On 1996-10-07, it was changed to KPXQ, on 1999-10-14 to KCTK, and on 2002-09-01 to the current KKNT.[3] The station adopted its current format in 2002; before that, it was the Christian instruction and talk station KPXQ, or "Q96." The KPXQ call sign was moved to 1360AM.
[edit] References
- ^ "Phoenix Market Ratings". Radio and Records. http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=199&RY=2007&RQ=4&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=Phoenix&MS=AZ&MR=15&12P=3173200&UP=1/15/2008&SU=CM&BPER=&HPER=26.6&OPER=&NSD=3/10/2008&CE=0.
- ^ "KKNT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KKNT.
- ^ "KKNt Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13508&Callsign=KKNt.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KKNT
- Radio-Locator Information on KKNT
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KKNT
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