KANA

Last updated
KANA
Frequency 580 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct (formerly Classic hits)
Ownership
Owner
  • Ted Austin
  • (Southwest Montana Media LLC)
History
First air date
First license granted October 24, 1946
Call sign meaning
ANAconda [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 668
Class D
Power 1,000 watts (day)
197 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
46°07′43″N112°55′25″W / 46.12861°N 112.92361°W / 46.12861; -112.92361
Translator(s) 100.7 K264CZ (Butte)

KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format. [2]

Contents

The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.

The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [3]

Ownership

In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000. [4]

Butte Broadcasting donated KANA to A.W.A.R.E., Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective August 3, 2012.

Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.

On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day. [5]

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References

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  2. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Deals 12/11/2006". Broadcasting & Cable. December 11, 2006.
  5. "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.