KOGN (1490
AM) is a
radio station
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which is currently silent, but previously broadcast a
Regional Mexican format. Licensed to
Ogden, Utah, United States, the station serves the Ogden area. The station is owned by Radio Positiva Inc.The station was an affiliate of
Dial Global
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's adult standard format. KOGN's signal was also simulcast on nearby
KNFL 1470 kHz in
Tremonton, Utah
Tremonton is a city in Box Elder County, Utah. The population was 7,647 at the time of the 2010 census.
History
Although the first settlers came to the Tremonton area in 1888, it remained largely uninhabited until just before 1900, when land a ...
. The station was silent for quite some time beginning in 2009. In 2010, the station returned to air with a regional Mexican format. KNFL is no longer simulcasting KOGN, and had its license cancelled by the FCC in 2012.
History
The station was built by pioneer Utah broadcaster Arch Webb in April 1948 with call sign KVOG – the "Voice of Ogden" and subsequently changed to KJQN on December 1, 1978, and again on June 28, 1993, to KJOE. The radio station and its FM counterpart was acquired by the
Bible Broadcasting Network
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from U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2004. The station went to non-commercial status and the call sign changed on May 16, 1994, to KYFO. KYFO aired primarily religious programming. The station was then sold to AM Radio 1490, Inc. in 2005, and changed to the call sign KOGN on May 1, 2006.
On May 29, 2009, The Fifth District Court of Utah in Washington County appointed a receiver to take over KOGN. This was done for US Capital, Incorporated of Boulder, Colorado, an investment group which foreclosed on Legecy Media, the owners of KOGN and several other stations. The receiver sold the station to Familia Broadcasting, LLC of Salt Lake City in a court-approved sale, at a price of $25,000; the purchase was consummated on May 31, 2013. On September 10, 2021, Positiva Radio Inc. agreed to purchase KOGN from Familia Broadcasting LLC.On December 20, 2021, KOGN ceased broadcasting. The transmitter site in Ogden has been sold, and the station's current status is unknown. Former KVOG and KJQN DJ Bill Allred reports that the KOGN studio building has recently been demolished.On July 22, 2022, Familia Broadcasting LLC consummated the sale of KOGN to Positiva Radio Inc.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for KOGN
Mass media in Salt Lake City
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Radio stations established in 1948
Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States
Weber County, Utah
1948 establishments in Utah
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