KVNA (AM)

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For the FM radio station in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, see KVNA-FM.
KVNA
Broadcast areaFlagstaff-Prescott, Arizona
Frequency600 kHz
BrandingSunny 104.7
Programming
FormatAdult Contemporary
Ownership
OwnerYavapai Broadcasting Corporation
KKLD, KQST, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KYBC
History
First air date
1958
Former call signs
KEOS (1958-1981)
KZKZ (1981-1986)
Call sign meaning
K Voice of Northern Arizona (former slogan)
Technical information
Facility ID68567
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (Day)
48 watts (Night)
Transmitter coordinates
35°12′2″N 111°36′49″W / 35.20056°N 111.61361°W / 35.20056; -111.61361
Translator(s)104.7 K284BO (Flagstaff)
Links
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteSunny 104.7 Online

KVNA (600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Flagstaff area. The station is currently owned by Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

KVNA is also heard on FM translator K284BO at 104.7 MHz broadcasting from Mt. Elden and serving the greater Flagstaff area, giving the station the "Sunny 104.7" identification. KVNA has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to a different transmitter site and increase the night power to 70 watts.[2]

History

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.[3]

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 watt daytimer signing off at sunset each day when it was originally on the 1290 AM frequency and also broadcast 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

Last logo under News/Talk format

After Communications Ltd. (Ed Raabe and Paul Seyler) purchased the station in 1986, they changed the call sign from KZKZ to KVNA AM (690), and paired it with a new FM station at 97.5 MHz (KVNA-FM.) The station finally ended up on the 600 AM frequency in the late 1990s after the next owners obtained the license to broadcast there. KCLS, the station that had been on the 600 kHz AM frequency, went dark in 1986.

Main article: KCLS (defunct)

On December 30, 2014, the "Sunny" AC format of KVNA-FM moved to KVNA and its FM translator as "Sunny 104.7".

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 - 1986 in receivership to Jack Bird, former Principal of Thunderbird Broadcasting, with Todd Wallace, broadcast consultant
  • 1986 - 1989 COMMUNICATIONS, LTD, (Ed Raabe & Paul Seyler)
  • 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 KMLE 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:

Sports

References

  1. ^ "KVNA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "KVNA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

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