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KTAN
KTAN (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States, the station serves the Southwestern Cochise County area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and features programing from CBS Radio and Premiere Networks. History This station originally went on the air on July 30, 1957 as a daytime-only station with a power of 1,000 watts, using the call sign KHFH (Historic Fort Huachuca). This station was the first radio station in Sierra Vista and the third radio station in Cochise County. The first, KSUN in Bisbee, (now defunct) went on the air in 1933, and the second, KAWT (later KDAP) in Douglas, came to air in 1947. All three stations were owned by Carleton Morris and KHFH was the most powerful of the three. The studio was located at the intersection of Carmichael Avenue and DePalma St. (now 700 Carmichael Ave.) and the transmitter was located in an undeveloped area in the southeast part of town, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KIKX (defunct)
KIKX was a radio station on 580 kHz in Tucson, Arizona, which operated from April 10, 1947, until closing on July 18, 1982. The station lost its FCC license due to a 1974 kidnapping hoax involving one of the station's disc jockeys. History As KCNA and KTAN The Catalina Broadcasting Corporation signed on KCNA at 1340 kHz on April 10, 1947. It broadcast with 250 watts from a transmitter located at Cherry Avenue and 16th Street, using an RCA transmitter that was boasted to be the largest ever shipment in that company's history, and at the time, it was Tucson's only locally owned radio station. KCNA initially presented popular and classical music, along with hourly news reports. On November 8, 1951, KCNA relocated to 580 kHz, where it was able to raise daytime power to 5,000 watts and operate at night with 500 watts; its transmitter moved to a three-tower site along Swan Road, and that same year, the station became the broadcaster of the University of Arizona Wildcats footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |