"1560 AM TRI-CITIES, WA" is shown on the web site of La Estación De La Famili
KVAN (1560
AM broadcasting, AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
Spanish Religious
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format. Located near
Burbank, Washington
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, United States, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is owned by Centro Familiar Cristiano.
History
Between 1967 and 1979, the call letters KVAN were assigned to a progressive rock station located in
Vancouver, Washington
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, operating on 1480 kHz. At first a daytime-only station, it began nighttime transmissions in 1975. Disk jockeys during this period included Gloria Johnson, Michael Deal, Iris Harrison, Bob Ancheta "The Big B.A.", Robin Banks, Dave Lind, Jeff Clark, Les Friedman, Andy Brown;
Willie Nelson
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, who hosted ''
The Western Express
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'', Bruce Funkhouser, Chuck Scott, Paul Mitchell, Alan Mason, Bill St. James, Rob Sample, Ron Maita, Larry Scott, Kevin West, Sleepy John, Valerie Ring and Lowell King.
Bob moved on to KGON 92.3 for 18 years with stops at KKRH and KINK 101.9 where he hosted the Sunday Night Blues Room for 13 years before retiring in 2011. He currently is the founder and owner of
A voice over company in Beaverton, Oregon.
References
External links
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News and talk radio stations in the United States
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