KAAN (870
kHz
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) is a
commercial radio station located in
Bethany, Missouri, and serving northwest Missouri and southern Iowa. The station broadcasts a
sports radio format. KAAN is owned by
Alpha Media and has a
daytime-only license.
WWL in
New Orleans is the 50,000-watt
Class A clear-channel station
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on
870 AM, so KAAN must
sign off at sunset to avoid interfering with WWL. KAAN can also be heard on an
FM translator station K279AP at 103.7 MHz. The translator operates 24 hours a day, even when the AM station is off the air at night.
The
transmitter tower is located six miles west of Bethany on U.S. Route 136 at West 140th Avenue.
KAAN is a
network affiliate of
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN". ...
with some programming from
CBS Sports Radio
CBS Sports Radio is a sports radio network that debuted with hourly sports news updates on September 4, 2012, and with 24/7 programming on January 2, 2013.
CBS Sports Radio is owned by Paramount Global and distributed by Westwood One. Programmin ...
. It also carries
NFL
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games from the
Kansas City Chiefs and
MLB games from the
St. Louis Cardinals. It first
signed on
Signing may refer to:
* Using sign language
* Signature
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the air on December 3, 1983.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1985 page B-154
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Ownership
On March 1, 2007, it was announced that GoodRadio.TV LLC planned to buy The Shepherd Group of radio stations in Missouri. The Shepherd Group operated 16 small-market radio stations in Missouri. The deal was reportedly worth $30.6 million.
Dean Goodman formed the new company, GoodRadio.TV. He is the former president and chief executive officer of the television broadcasting company ION Media Networks Inc. Goodman stepped down from ION Media Networks in October 2006.
The Shepherd Group included KJEL-FM and KBNN in Lebanon; KJFF in Festus; KREI and KTJJ
KTJJ is a radio station broadcasting from Farmington, Missouri. KTJJ has an extensive coverage area, heard from Jefferson City to south-eastern Illinois from west to east, and St. Louis to the Missouri-Arkansas border from north to south.
Program ...
in Farmington; KRES and KWIX
KWIX (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. Licensed to Moberly, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Moberly area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC and f ...
in Moberly; KIRK in Macon; KIIK, KOZQ-FM, KJPW and KFBD-FM in Waynesville; KAAN-FM
KAAN-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Bethany, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media and features programming from Westwood One.
KAAN-FM firs ...
and KAAN in Bethany; and KMRN and KKWK in Cameron.
In December 2013, GoodRadio.TV merged into Digity, LLC. Effective February 25, 2016, Digity and its 124 radio stations were acquired by Alpha Media for $264 million.
References
External links
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AAN
''Aan'' (Hindi: आन, Urdu: آن, translation: ''Pride''), released as ''The Savage Princess'' in the United Kingdom and United States, is a 1952 Indian Bollywood adventure film, produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. It was India's first t ...
Sports radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2007
AAN (AM)
Alpha Media radio stations
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