KWKA

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KWKA
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Broadcast area Clovis, New Mexico
Frequency 680 kHz
BrandingFox Sports Radio on KWKA
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Rick Lee Keefer and David Lansford
  • (Zia Radio Group LLC)
KCLV, KCLV-FM, KTQM-FM
History
First air date
1971
Technical information
Facility ID 14748
Class B
Power 500 watts
Transmitter coordinates
34°21′48″N103°13′05″W / 34.36333°N 103.21806°W / 34.36333; -103.21806
Links
Website www.999ktqm.net/sports

KWKA (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Clovis, New Mexico. The station is owned by Rick Lee Keefer and David Lansford, through licensee Zia Radio Group LLC. It broadcasts a sports format. [1]

The station was assigned the KWKA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission. [2]

This radio station was founded by Norm Petty, producer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets and The Fireballs. The call sign KWKA was requested by Petty after a conversation with Beatle Paul McCartney, who said one of his favorite American radio stations was KWKH, in Louisiana. The station was sold to Zia Broadcasting in 2009, and then to Zia Radio Group effective April 1, 2022.

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References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.