KNWH (1250 AM) is a

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 radio ...

licensed to

Yucca Valley, California Yucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 as of the 2010 census. Yucca Valley lies west of Twentynine Palms, north of Palm Springs, south of Barstow via State Rout ...

. It airs a

news-talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...

format and is part of a simulcast with 970

KNWZ KNWZ (970 AM) is a news/talk station owned and operated by Alpha Media LLC in Coachella, California. It is part of a simulcast with KNWQ AM 1140 in Palm Springs and KNWH AM 1250 in Yucca Valley, California. The stations combine to serve the Coac ...

and 1140

KNWQ KNWQ (1140 AM) is radio station licensed to Palm Springs, California. It airs a news-talk format and is part of a simulcast with 970 KNWZ and 1250 KNWH. It is owned by Alpha Media. 1140 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency ...

. It is owned by

Alpha Media Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , which ...

History

The station began broadcasting April 3, 1961, and held the call sign KDHI.
1971 Broadcasting Yearbook
',

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, 1971. p. B-30. Retrieved September 7, 2019.History Cards for KNWH
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 8, 2019. It was originally licensed to Twenty-Nine Palms, California, and ran 1,000 watts during daytime hours only. It was owned by Hi-Desert Broadcasting Company. In 1993, the station adopted an

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as we ...

format. In December 1994, its call sign was changed to KQYN and it adopted a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

format.Call Sign History
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2019. In October 1995, the station adopted an adult standards format. KQYN later aired an

all-news All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news. All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried on both major US satellite radio networks. All-news stations can run the ...

format, with programming from

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...

. In 2005, the station was sold to Morris Communications for $100,000.Taylor, Tom.
News
, Inside Radio. August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 9, 2019. Its call sign was changed to KNWH, and it adopted a news-talk format, simulcasting KNWQ and KNWZ.Devine, Cathy (2005-2006)
The M Street Radio Directory
'. p. 106. Retrieved September 9, 2019. On January 15, 2007, its call sign was briefly changed to KDGR, but on February 1, 2007 it was changed back to KNWH.

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External links

* {{Alpha Media News and talk radio stations in the United States NWH Mass media in San Bernardino County, California Radio stations established in 1961 1961 establishments in California Alpha Media radio stations