KMVN (105.7 FM) is a commercial

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Its studios are located on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage, and its transmitter is located in

Eagle River, Alaska Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River, for which it is named, between Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577. Settled by homeste ...

. Previously a

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station licensed as KNIK-FM, the call sign was a reference to the Knik River. On August 27, 2009, the station began stunting as a prelude to a format change by playing the top 100 songs of 1970 through 1989, one year per day. On September 15, 2009, KNIK-FM started playing a Light Rock and "Yesterday's Best Music"

adult contemporary music Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

format, branded as "Lite 105.7". On September 16, 2009, KNIK-FM changed their call letters to KNLT. On August 31, 2012, at 2:00 PM, after playing "

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" by

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, KNLT flipped to Rhythmic AC, as "

Movin “Movin'” (capitalized as “MOViN'”) is a brand name used for a variety of rhythmic AC and top 40 radio stations in numerous broadcast markets in the United States. The name is a registered trademark of Alan Burns & Associates, a radio consul ...

105.7", launching with " Bust a Move" by

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. On September 18, 2012, KNLT changed their call letters to KMVN, to go with the " Movin’ 105.7 FM" branding. On March 8, 2019, Alaska Integrated Media sold sister station

Alternative Alternative or alternate may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' * ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film * ''The Alternative ...

94.7 KZND and KMVN to Robert and Tor Ingstad's Last Frontier Mediactive, a

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-based radio company, for $1.25 million

The sale closed on May 31, 2019.

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* * 1961 establishments in Alaska Radio stations established in 1961 MVN Rhythmic adult contemporary radio stations {{AnchorageAK-geo-stub