KVNT

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KVNT
KVNT 92.5FM-1020AM logo.png
Broadcast area Anchorage metropolitan area
Frequency 1020 kHz
BrandingValley News Talk 1020
Programming
Format Talk Radio
Network Townhall Radio News
Affiliations Salem Radio Network
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • CBI Media Group
  • (Christian Broadcasting, Inc.)
KAFC, KATB, KCFT-CD
History
Former call signs
KCFA (1985–1992)
KFFR (1992–1997)
KAXX (1997–2008)
KABA (2008–2009)
KOAN (2009–2013)
Call sign meaning
K Valley News Talk
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53491
Class A
Power 10,000 watts
Translator(s) 92.5 K223BJ (Eagle River)
104.5 MHz K283AZ (Anchorage)
105.3 MHz K287CL (Eagle River)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1020kvnt.com

KVNT (1020 AM) is a commercial radio station in Eagle River, Alaska, broadcasting to the Anchorage metropolitan area. It airs a talk radio format and is owned by CBI Media Group. Its studios are located on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage.

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KVNT is a "Class A" AM station. It is powered at 10,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Hazel Avenue in Wasilla. [2] Programming is also heard on three FM translators: 92.5 MHz, 104.5 MHz and 105.3 MHz. [3]

Programming

Weekdays begin with a two-hour local news and interview show hosted by Tom Anderson. Much of the rest of the schedule is nationally syndicated conservative talk shows. Programs include The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Mike Gallagher Show, The Charlie Kirk Show, The Lars Larson Show, America at Night with Rich Valdés and Red Eye Radio .

Weekends include shows from Eric Metaxas, Sebastian Gorka and Hollywood 360, as well as repeats of weekday programs. Most hours begin with an update from Townhall Radio News.

History

KCFA and KAXX

The station signed on the air in March 1986;38 years ago. [4] Its original call sign was KCFA. It was powered at 10,000 watts by day but had to drop its power at sunset to 2,500 watts to avoid interference to 50,000-watt clear channel station KDKA in Pittsburgh. (Today, both KDKA and KVNT are Class A stations and KVNT no longer must reduce its power at night.)

In its early years, KCFA was a Christian radio station, broadcasting talk and teaching shows from noted Christian leaders. In 1997, the call letters switched to KAXX. It was a simulcast of KLEF 98.1 FM until February 12, 2007.

In 2007, KAXX's owner died. The FCC granted the estate of the licensee permission to remain silent for 6 months. It received a special temporary authority (STA) to stay off the air. KAXX needed to work out the details of transferring the license to another party. . If the station stayed silent for a period of 12 months, the license was to expire as a matter of law.

KABA and KOAN

KAXX returned to the air January 19, 2008. The station then began airing a business news format. KAXX changed its call letters to KABA on March 28, 2008. The license was transferred to Alaska Integrated Media of Anchorage, Alaska.

The station once again went dark for several months on September 15, 2008. This time it was due to transmitter failure. [5] The station changed its call letters to KOAN on June 9, 2009. The KOAN call letters were previously used on channel 6 in Anchorage (a low-power station operating as an 87.7 FM station), which took the KABA call letters and business format.

KVNT

KOAN returned to the airwaves in December 2010 under the moniker FOX News Talk 1020. The station used a mix of local talent from former progressive talk sister station KUDO and Fox News Talk personalities in other dayparts. [6]

On November 20, 2013, KOAN changed its call letters to KVNT and rebranded as Valley News Talk 1020. It dropped its affiliation with Fox and began airing programs from the Salem Radio Network and Westwood One. It also began carrying news from Townhall, owned by Salem Media.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KVNT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KVNT
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/K223BJ
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1986 page B-10. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". October 1, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ KUDO Announcement, KUDO Website, retrieved December 13, 2010

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