KNWQ (1140 AM) is

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

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land a ...

. 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 1250

KNWH KNWH (1250 AM) is a radio station licensed to Yucca Valley, California. It airs a news-talk format and is part of a simulcast with 970 KNWZ and 1140 KNWQ. It is owned by Alpha Media. History The station began broadcasting April 3, 1961, and held ...

. 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 ...

1140 AM The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1140 kHz: 1140 AM is a Mexican and United States clear-channel frequency. XEMR Monterrey, Mexico, and WRVA Richmond, Virginia, share Class A status of 1140 AM. In Argentina * La Lu ...

is a United States and Mexican

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frequency, on which

XEMR-AM XEMR-AM (1140 kHz) is a Mexican clear-channel station. It is licensed to Apodaca, Nuevo León, part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Organizacion Mexicana de Radio, S.A. de C.V., holds the concession. XEMR is operated by Grupo Radio Alegr ...

and WRVA share Class A status.

History

The station began broadcasting February 12, 1946 and held the call sign KCMJ.History Cards for KNWQ
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 7, 2019. It was owned by Palm Springs Broadcasting Company and originally broadcast at 1340 kHz, running 250 watts. In 1958, the station's frequency was changed to 1010 kHz, running 1,000 watts during the day and 500 watts at night. In 1985, its frequency was changed to 1140 kHz, running 10,000 watts during the day and 2,500 watts at night. KCMJ aired a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1983. p. B-28. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989
',

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, 1989. p. B-36. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994
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, 1994. p. B-44. Retrieved September 7, 2019. In 1994, the station adopted a

sports talk Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-ai ...

format. In 1995, it adopted an adult standards format. In 2001, the station adopted a news-talk format, and the adult standards format moved to

AM 1010 The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1010 kHz: 1010 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency. CFRB Toronto and CBR Calgary are both Class A, 50,000 watt stations. In Argentina * LV16 Rio Cuarto in Rio Cuarto, Córdoba ...

, along with the KCMJ call sign. Its call sign was briefly changed to KNWZ on January 18, 2001, before being changed to KNWQ on January 25, 2001.Call Sign History
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

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* {{Alpha Media News and talk radio stations in the United States NWZ Mass media in Riverside County, California Palm Springs, California Radio stations established in 1946 1946 establishments in California Alpha Media radio stations