KVGB (AM)

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KVGB
KVGB 1590-97.7 logo.png
Broadcast areaCentral Kansas
Frequency 1590 KHz
Programming
Format Talk radio
Ownership
OwnerEagle Communications
KBGL, KHOK, KVGB-FM
History
First air date
1949
Call sign meaning
Voice of Great Bend
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 22150
Class B
Power 5,000 watts fulltime
Transmitter coordinates
38°18′50″N98°47′35″W / 38.31389°N 98.79306°W / 38.31389; -98.79306
Translator(s) 95.5 MHz  K238CK (Hoisington)
Links
Public license information
Website Official website

KVGB 1590 AM is a radio station of the news and Talk radio format, broadcasting general interest talk programs from hosts such as Jim Bohannon, George Noory Dave Ramsey and Kim Komando, based in Great Bend, United States. It is owned by Eagle Communications Inc.

Eagle Communications owns other Kansas radio stations in Salina, Hutchinson, Hays, Great Bend, Pratt, Hoisington and Hill City.

One of the oldest radio stations in western Kansas, KVGB first signed on the air in the late 1940s. KVGB went to a 24-hour broadcast schedule on October 14, 2001.


  1. "Facility Technical Data for KVGB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

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