- KPHX
Infobox Radio station
name = KPHX
airdate = late 1950s (as KHAT)
frequency = 1480 kHz
area =Phoenix, Arizona
format =Progressive Talk
owner = Continental Broadcasting; operated byNova M Radio
power = 5,000watt s (day)
500 watts (night)
branding = "Nova M Phoenix"
slogan = "The Valley's Progressive Talk"
class = B
facility_id = 13790
website = [http://www.1480kphx.com/ 1480kphx.com]
callsign_meaning = PhoenixKPHX (1480 AM, "Nova M Phoenix") is a
radio station that broadcasts inPhoenix, Arizona . During the day, it runs a directional 5,000 watts and 500 watts directional at night. Its current format is liberal/progressive talk, with a majority of its broadcast lineup coming fromAir America Radio . Continental Broadcasting holds the license, whileNova M Radio operates the station under alocal marketing agreement . Nova M is owned by Air America founders Sheldon andAnita Drobny .History
The station at 1480 AM signed on the air in the late 1950s as a daytime-only country station called KHAT. This format stayed in place until the early 1970s when it went all-news as KPHX, which only lasted about a year. Around 1974, KPHX became a
Spanish language station, and remained one for approximately 30 years. By 1982, KPHX had started operating at night.Starting in 2004, KPHX aired a syndicated all-
comedy format which remained for nearly two years. KPHX flipped to anadult standards format in 2006, with theMusic of Your Life network. In late March 2006, Continental entered into an agreement withNova M Radio , bringing theAir America Radio progressive talk programming formerly carried byKXXT (1010 kHz AM) with them.On
October 18 of the same year, following the Chapter 11 filing of Air America, Nova M announced that it would form its own radio network featuring personalities including Mike Newcomb,Mike Malloy andJohn Zogby . Newcomb left the station in the spring of 2007 [ [http://www.azplace.net/index.php?itemid=904 AZplace | Dr. Mike Out, Stephanie Miller In ] ] .In April 2007, 1480 KPHX added the Sunday morning "Unreportednews.net Radio Show," created and produced by Sean Ryan and hosted by Hurricane Katrina survivor and social activist
Herb "Sarge" Phelps .In April 2008, Nova M started its second syndicated weekday program with
Randi Rhodes when she left Air America after they violated her contract.Weekdays, 1480 KPHX also originates local afternoon newscasts by longtime Phoenix broadcaster Dewey Hopper, and provides production and distribution facilities for
The Randi Rhodes Show andThe Mike Malloy Show . KPHX serves as the flagship station of theNova M Radio Network.October 9th, 2008
KPHX started simulcasting on 1190KNUV .References
External links
* [http://www.1480kphx.com 1480 KPHX website - The Valley's Progressive Talk]
* [http://www.novamradio.com Nova M Radio official website]
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