KVVN

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KVVN
Broadcast area Santa Clara Valley
Frequency 1430 kHz
BrandingKVVN AM 1430
Programming
Language(s) Vietnamese
Ownership
Owner
  • Phuong Pham
  • (Pham Radio Communication LLC)
KVTO, KLIV
History
First air date
December 15, 1963;60 years ago (1963-12-15)
Former call signs
KGBA (1963–1965)
KGNU (1965–1969)
KEGL (1969–1976)
KNTA (1976–1997)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 28438
Class B
Power 1,000 watts day
2,500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 37°19′47″N121°51′58″W / 37.32972°N 121.86611°W / 37.32972; -121.86611
Translator(s) 100.7 K264DB (San Jose)
Repeater(s) 1590 KLIV (San Jose)
Links
Public license information
Website www.kvvn.net

KVVN (1430 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Vietnamese language format. [2] Licensed to Santa Clara, California, United States, it serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is currently owned by Phuong Pham through licensee Pham Radio Communication LLC, owners of KVTO.

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History

Founded by George B. Bailey and Greater Bay Area Broadcasters, the station obtained its first construction permit on March 8, 1963, and signed on as KGBA on December 15, 1963. [3] [4] KGBA featured programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and weekly programs in German and Italian. [4]

Following a $182,000 sale of the station to Royal Bear Broadcasters in the previous month, KGBA became KGNU on October 1, 1965. [5] [6] KGNU changed its network affiliation from Mutual to ABC in 1969. [7]

Royal Bear Broadcasters sold KGNU and Stockton station KWG to Barnes Enterprises for $900,000 in June 1969, and KGNU's call sign changed to KEGL on July 1, 1969. [8] [5] KEGL had a full country and western music format until April 1971, when Barnes changed the station schedule to have religious music in mornings and Spanish programming in evenings. [9] In March 1972, Barnes sold KEGL to Cascade Broadcasting for $316,000. [10]

KEGL became KNTA on July 1, 1976. [5] By 1980, KNTA broadcast exclusively in Spanish. [11] In 1986, KNTA began broadcasting Oakland A's games in Spanish. [12]

In February 1997, the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation purchased KNTA from Imperio Enterprises (formerly Cascade Broadcasting) for $2.2 million. [13] After changing from Spanish to an Asian ethnic format, KNTA became KVVN on October 17, 1997. [14] [15]

After Inner City Broadcasting filed for bankruptcy, it sold KVVF and Berkeley station KVTO to YMF Media, a company backed by Magic Johnson and other investors in 2012. YMF Media sold both stations to Pham Radio Communications in 2013. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KVVN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ History Cards for KVVN, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  4. 1 2 1965 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications. 1965. p. B-22 – via AmericanRadioHistory.com.
  5. 1 2 3 https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=KVVN [ bare URL ]
  6. ↑ "Ownership changes" (PDF), Broadcasting, vol. 39, no. 14, p. 85, October 4, 1965, retrieved March 29, 2020– via AmericanRadioHistory.com
  7. ↑ 1969 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications. 1969. p. B-25. Retrieved March 29, 2020– via AmericanRadioHistory.com.
  8. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF), Broadcasting, vol. 77, no. 1, p. 46, July 7, 1969, retrieved March 29, 2020– via AmericanRadioHistory.com
  9. ↑ "Changing Formats" (PDF), Broadcasting, vol. 80, no. 16, p. 27, April 19, 1971, retrieved March 29, 2020– via AmericanRadioHistory.com
  10. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF), Broadcasting, vol. 82, no. 13, March 27, 1972, retrieved March 29, 2020– via AmericanRadioHistory.com
  11. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications. 1979. p. C-29. Retrieved April 4, 2020– via AmericanRadioHistory.com.
  12. ↑ Pi-Gonzalez, Amaury. "There is no doubt, the American League is superior". Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF), Broadcasting & Cable, p. 68, February 10, 1997, retrieved April 4, 2020
  14. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  15. ↑ Goldfisher, Alastair (October 13, 1997). "KNTA dials up new format". Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Archived from the original on November 20, 2002. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  16. ↑ "One-time Inner City Bay-area combo sold". Radio and Television Business Report. June 6, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2020.


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