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KAAA (1230
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
News Talk Information
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format, licensed to
Kingman, Arizona
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, United States. The station is currently owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. and forms a full-time simulcast with
KZZZ in
Bullhead City
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. The stations feature programming from
Fox News
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,
Premiere Networks
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,
Westwood One and
Salem Radio Network
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among others.
History
KGAN signed on October 7, 1949. It broadcast with 250 watts on 1230 kHz.
The station, an
ABC
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affiliate, was sold in early 1956 by original owner J. James Glancy to Wallace Stone and John F. Holbrook for $25,000; the new owners changed the call letters to the present KAAA on February 19, 1956. Stone bought out Holbrook two years later, and in 1963, the station was authorized to increase daytime power to 1,000 watts.
Stone sold KAAA in 1971 for $225,000 to Sun Mountain Broadcasting, the principals of which included an FM station applicant in
Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu City (, ) is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,144, up from 52,527 in 2010. It is served by Lake Havasu City Airport.
History
The community first started as an ...
and a station salesman. Under Sun Mountain, a companion FM station, KZZZ 92.7 (now
KFLG-FM
KFLG-FM (94.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Big River, California, United States, it serves the entire Tri-State area including Lake Havasu City, Kingman, AZ, Needles, CA, Laughlin, NV, and Bullhead City, ...
94.7), was launched. By the time KAAA-KZZZ was sold to Mohave Sun Broadcasting in 1981, KAAA broadcast a mixed
Top 40
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-country format.
In 2001, KAAA was consolidated with KZZZ at that station's Bullhead City studio base. The former Kingman studio and transmitter building was demolished in 2014 to allow redevelopment of the land.
Cameron currently maintains studios in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City.
References
* Sies, Luther F. ''Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920–1960.'' Jefferson, NC:McFarland, 2000.
External links
cameronbroadcasting.comFCC History Cards for KAAA
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News and talk radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1949
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