KQNA

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KQNA
Frequency 1130 kHz
Programming
Format Talk radio
Network Fox News Radio
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Salem Radio Network
Westwood One
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Coyotes
Arizona Diamondbacks
Ownership
Owner
  • Arizona's Hometown Radio Group
  • (Prescott Valley Broadcasting Co., Inc.
    K238CB: ITM, LLC))
KDDL, KDMM, KPKR, KPPV, KXBB
History
First air date
September 11, 1986;38 years ago (September 11, 1986)
Former call signs
KLKY (1984–1991)
KWDS (1991–1994) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53415
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
4 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 34°37′46″N112°18′56″W / 34.62944°N 112.31556°W / 34.62944; -112.31556
Translator(s) 95.5 K238CB (Prescott)
99.9 K260BL (Prescott)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.kqna.com

KQNA (1130 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Prescott Valley, Arizona. It has a talk radio format and is owned by the Prescott Valley Broadcasting Co. (d/b/a Arizona's Hometown Radio Group). [3] [4] [5] The studios and offices are on Karicio Lane in Prescott.

Contents

By day, KQNA is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. [6] But 1130 AM is a clear channel frequency. So to avoid interference to other stations, KQNA greatly reduces power at night to only four watts. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 10-watt K260BL on 99.9 MHz came into service in 2009; it is aimed at downtown Prescott and broadcasts from southwest of the city. 250-watt K238CB on 95.5 broadcasts from Mingus Mountain toward Prescott Valley and Cottonwood and was acquired from Advance Ministries in 2016.

Programming

Most of KQNA's programs are nationally syndicated conservative talk shows hosted by Brian Kilmeade, Dennis Prager, Sebastian Gorka, Ben Shapiro, Greg Kelly, Hugh Hewitt and Larry Elder. On weekdays, a local hour known as Talk of the Town is heard at 4 p.m. It features hosts from Chino Valley on Mondays, Prescott Valley on Tuesdays, Prescott on Wednesdays and Cottonwood/The Roundtable on Thursdays.

Weekends feature shows on money, health, gardening and home repair, as well as repeats of weekday shows. On Saturdays, Hammer Time, is hosted by Sandy Griffis for the Yavapai County Contractors Association. And The Mountain Gardener is produced by Ken Lain at Watters Garden Center.[ citation needed ] Weekend hosts include Mike Gallagher, Ben Shapiro and Red Eye Radio . Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.

KQNA carries live sports including Arizona Cardinals football, and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball.

History

The station signed on the air on September 11, 1986;38 years ago. [7] While it was still a construction permit, before it was built, it got the call sign KLKY, which stood for the word "Lucky." It was owned by Lucky Communications, with R. David Carson as the president. The station was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. It was an affiliate of the Satellite Music Network (SMN), carrying an adult standards and middle of the road (MOR) format known as "Stardust."

In 1991, it changed its call letters to KWDS. The station was assigned the KQNA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 12, 1994. [1] It also was given permission by the FCC to broadcast around the clock but at a much lower power after sunset.

KQNA is a member of the Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Cottonwood-Verde Valley and Flagstaff Chambers of Commerce as well as a member of the Prescott Downtown Partnership.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KQNA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Arizona's Hometown Radio Group promotes new vice presidents". The Daily Courier. April 20, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Celebrating 20 Years of Chamber Membership: Arizona's Hometown Radio Group" (PDF). Prescott Business Pages. May 1, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  6. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KQNA
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1989 page B-17, Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
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