KGED

KGED

Fresno, California
Frequency	1680 kHz
Branding	AM 1680 The Answer
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	Salem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Compass Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date	1998
Former call signs	KAVT (1998-2008)
Technical information
Facility ID	87176
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	36°39′37″N 119°41′01″W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KGED website

KGED is an AM expanded band radio station located in the Fresno, California area and broadcasts on the AM dial at 1680 kHz. It features a conservative talk radio format called "AM 1680 The Answer," a branding also used by many talk stations owned by the Salem Media Group. While the station carries many of the Salem syndicated radio hosts, the station is owned by Compass Broadcasting, Inc. This station first signed on the air in 1998 as KAVT. It broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night.

From the Salem Radio network, KGED airs Hugh Hewitt, Eric Metaxas, Bill Bennett and Michael Medved. Other syndicated shows heard on KGED include Laura Ingraham, Dave Ramsey, "Midnight in The Desert" with Art Bell, "America's Morning News" with Matt Ray and "America Overnight" with Jon Grayson.

KGED 1680 The Answer is the flagship station for Fresno Pacific Athletics.

History

At its inception in 1998, the station was a Radio Disney affiliate known as KAVT. Starting in March 2008, KGED carried an Adult Standards format provided by Dial Global.

The Adult Standards format was replaced in September 2008 by a Spanish religious format.

In October 2011, KGED 1680 re-launched with a conservative talk radio format with mostly syndicated talk personalities.

Callsign History

In the 1970s and up through 1981, KGED was the call letters of a low power college FM radio station assigned to 88.1 Mhz in Batesville Arkansas. It was licensed to and located on the campus of Arkansas College, which is now known as Lyon College. The studio was located in the lower level of the Mabee-Simpson library building (in what is the Campus Safety office as of 2018) and the transmitter was located on the upper level of Brown Chapel with the broadcast antenna inside the steeple of the same chapel. Broadcasting had been sporadic over the years and an attempt was made to revive operations in the Fall semester of 1981 by freshman station manager Kevin Manzer. However, operations finally ceased permanently later that same year when the transmitter failed and was deemed not repairable by the station engineer, Dick Treat.

External links

• KGED in the FCC AM station database
• KGED in Nielsen Audio's AM station database