KION (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = KION


city = Salinas, California
area = Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz
slogan =
branding = "1460 More Stimulating Talk"
frequency = 1460 kHz
repeater =
airdate =
share = 0.6
share as of = Sp'08
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Monterey-Salinas-Santa%20Cruz&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = News Talk Information
power = 10,000 watts day
10,000 watts night
erp =
haat =
class = B
facility_id = 26925
coordinates = coord|36|43|59|N|121|35|32|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KHTX (1991-1992)
KRQC (1992)
KHTX (1992)
KDON (1997-1998)
KTXX (1998-2002)
KABL (2004)
owner = Clear Channel Communications
licensee = CC Licenses
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = official|http://1460kion.com
affiliations = ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks

KION (1460 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Salinas, California, USA, the station serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and features programing from ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KION |title=KION Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=KION|title=KION Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

History

The station was assigned the call letters KHTX on 1991-12-28. On 1992-01-10, the station changed its call sign to KRQC and on 1995-01-03 to KHTX. On 1997-05-01 it became KDON and on 1998-10-12 KTXX. On 2002-08-14 the calls became the current KION however on 2004-10-19 the station changed again to KABL and finally on 2006-12-31 back to the current KION. [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=26925&Callsign=KION |title=KION Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

References

External links

*AM station data|KION