KVNA (AM)

Infobox Radio station


name = KVNA
airdate = 1958
frequency = 600 (kHz)
city = Flagstaff, Arizona
area = Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona
format = Talk
owner = Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation
former_callsigns = KEOS (1950s-1981)
KZKZ (1981-1986)
sister_stations = KKLD, KQST, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KYBC
power = 1,000 watts (Day)
48 watts (Night)
class = D
callsign_meaning = K Voice of Northern Arizona (slogan)
slogan = "The Voice of Northern Arizona"
website = [http://www.radioflagstaff.com/am600/am600.htm KVNA Online] |

KVNA (600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Flagstaff area. The station is currently owned by Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation and features programing from CBS Radio, ESPN Radio and Westwood One. [ cite web |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KVNA |title=KVNA Facility Record] KVNA's original transmitter was demolished to make way for a shopping development. The station is currently using the wiring in its studio as the transmitter until a new tower can be built.

History

Call sign history

The station was assigned the call letters KZKZ on 1981-09-24. On 1986-07-15, the station changed its call sign to the current KVNA. [ cite web |title=KVNA Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=68567&Callsign=KVNA |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

KEOS

KVNA started as KOES which used the slogan "Service in Sound in Northern Arizona" in the 1950s and 1960s. The station was owned by Flagstaff businessman Jack Bird and licensed to Thunderbird Broadcasting Company, the call letters stood for the initials of the first owner E.O. Smith. KEOS ("Chaos") was a 1000 watt daytimer signing off at sunset each day when it was originally on the 1290 AM frequency and also broadcasted at 250 watts nighttime when it was later moved to 690 AM frequency. The station later changed their call sign to KZKZ after it was sold in 1981.

KVNA

After another ownership change in 1986, the call sign was changed to KVNA and paired with a new FM station at 97.5 Mhz. The station finally ended up on the 600 AM frequency in the late 1990s after the owners obtained the license to broadcast there. KCLS, the station that had been on the 600 kHz AM frequency, went dark in 1986.

On-air personalities/shows

Some notable radio personalities have worked at either KVNA or KCLS earlier in their careers. Tim Hattrick of the well known Phoenix morning team of Tim and Willie (who have worked at KMLE and KNIX) started at KZKZ while in college at Northern Arizona University. Jim Sharpe, who has worked mornings in several major markets, including Los Angeles spent some of his early radio career at KCLS in the early 1980s. Some other notable personalities and shows to appear on either station were:

* The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly
* The Clark Howard Show
* Dr. Laura Schlessinger
* Ed Schultz
* Jim Bohannon
* When Radio Was
* Coast to Coast AM
* CBS Weekend Roundup
* KVNA Saturday Folk with Barry Harrison
* KVNA Collectors Connection
* The Kim Komando Show
* ESPN Radio The Huddle
* The Baseball Show
* Animal Radio
* Steve Dale's Pet World
* The Wall Street Journal This Morning / This Weekend
* KVNA Radio Fiesta with Arlette Vague (Spanish)
* Marshall Trimble's Arizona Tales
* Newsweek on Air
* On the House with the Carey Brothers
* The Other Side with Steve Godfrey

ports

* KVNA Sports' Outta'Bounds with The Byrdman
* ESPN Radio programming
* Phoenix Suns Basketball
* Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball
* Arizona Cardinals Football
* Phoenix Coyotes Hockey
* Flagstaff area high school football [ [http://www.radioflagstaff.com/am600/am600ProgramSchedule.htm KVNA Program Schedule] ]

References

External links

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*AMQ|KVNA
*AML|KVNA
*AMARB|KVNA