KTNN

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KTNN
KTNN's headquarters in Window Rock, Arizona
Frequency 660 kHz
BrandingThe Voice of the Navajo Nation
Programming
Language Navajo/English
Format Country music; classic hits; Navajo cultural programming
Ownership
OwnerThe Navajo Nation
History
First air date
February 26, 1986;39 years ago (1986-02-26) [1]
Call sign meaning
The Navajo Nation
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 66146
Class B
Power 50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 35°53′42.04″N109°8′31.35″W / 35.8950111°N 109.1420417°W / 35.8950111; -109.1420417 (NAD83)
Links
Public license information
Webcast AAC stream (direct link); Web player
Website www.ktnnonline.com
FM simulcast
KTNN-FM
Frequency 101.5 MHz
Ownership
OwnerThe Navajo Nation
History
First air date
2015;10 years ago (2015)
Technical information [3]
Facility ID 191366
Class C2
ERP 2,250 watts
HAAT 595 meters (1,952 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°54′37.1″N108°46′28.3″W / 35.910306°N 108.774528°W / 35.910306; -108.774528 (KTNN-FM) (NAD83)
Links
Public license information

KTNN (660 AM) is a Navajo language radio station in Window Rock, Arizona, the seat of the government of the Navajo Nation. It broadcasts Navajo tribal music and audio from Navajo ceremonial ( powwow ) dances and Native American music, as well as country music and bluegrass in English. It also broadcasts high school basketball games from the local high schools on the Navajo Reservation. [4] [ unreliable source? ] Most of its announcers are bilingual and broadcast in Navajo and English. [5]

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At the time the station came on the air in 1986, it claimed to be the last station allowed to go on the air with a full 50,000 watts on another station's clear channel frequency; however, other stations have been allowed since. [6]

At night the station uses a directional antenna to protect, as required by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules, the signal of WFAN at New York City, since WFAN is a Class A (formerly Class I-A) station broadcasting on 660 kHz and KTNN is Class B (formerly Class II-A). [6] Its programming is also heard on KTNN-FM (101.5) in Tohatchi, New Mexico.

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References

  1. ↑ "KTNN First Air Date" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. 1998. pp. D-28. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTNN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTNN-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ Pritzker, Barry M., Native America Today: a guide to community politics and culture, ABC-CLIO Press (1999), ISBN   1-57607-077-8, p. 73
  5. ↑ Bandstra, Judy (May 18, 2017). "KTNN Educates and Entertains the Navajo Nation". Radio Magazine . Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Fybush, Scott (July 5, 2013). "Site of the Week 7/5/2013: Navajo Nation, 2011". fybush.com. Rochester, New York: Fybush Media. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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