KAAA

Radio station in Kingman, Arizona

For other uses, see KAAA (disambiguation).

KAAA

* Kingman, Arizona

Frequency| 1230 kHz
Branding| KAAA fm 97.5
Programming
Format| News–talk
Affiliations|

* Fox News Radio
* Premiere Networks
* Westwood One
* Salem Radio Network

Ownership
Owner| Cameron Broadcasting, Inc.

Sister stations

| KZZZ
History

First air date

| October 17, 1949

Former call signs

| KGAN (1949–1956)

Call sign meaning

| Double meaning of "A to Z" and both stations standing for Arizona's postal abbreviation
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 55492
Class| C
Power| 1,000 watts unlimited

Transmitter coordinates

| 35°9′49″N 114°4′12″W﻿ / ﻿35.16361°N 114.07000°W﻿ / 35.16361; -114.07000
Translator(s)|

* 97.5 K248CO (Kingman)
* 98.3 K252FW (Kingman)

Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen Live
Website| talkatoz.com

KAAA (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news–talk format, licensed to Kingman, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. and forms a full-time simulcast with KZZZ in Bullhead City. The stations feature programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Westwood One and Salem Radio Network among others.[2]

## History

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KGAN signed on October 7, 1949.[3] It broadcast with 250 watts on 1230 kHz.[4] The station, an ABC affiliate, was sold in early 1956 by original owner J. James Glancy to Wallace Stone and John F. Holbrook for $25,000;[5] the new owners changed the call letters to the present KAAA on February 19, 1956.[4] Stone bought out Holbrook two years later, and in 1963, the station was authorized to increase daytime power to 1,000 watts.[4] Stone sold KAAA in 1971 for $225,000 to Sun Mountain Broadcasting, the principals of which included an FM station applicant in Lake Havasu City and a station salesman.[6] Under Sun Mountain, a companion FM station, KZZZ 92.7 (now KFLG-FM 94.7), was launched. By the time KAAA-KZZZ was sold to Mohave Sun Broadcasting in 1981,[7] KAAA broadcast a mixed Top 40-country format.[8]

In 2001, KAAA was consolidated with KZZZ at that station's Bullhead City studio base. The former Kingman studio and transmitter building was demolished in 2014 to allow redevelopment of the land.[9] Cameron currently maintains studios in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City.

## References

[edit]

* Sies, Luther F. Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920–1960. Jefferson, NC:McFarland, 2000.

1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAAA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ "KAAA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. ^ "KAAA" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1970. p. B-11 (211). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. ^ a b c FCC History Cards for KAAA
5. ^ "KGAN Kingman, Ariz., Sold" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 2, 1956. p. 65. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
6. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 27, 1971. p. 27 (29). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
7. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 25, 1981. p. 96. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
8. ^ "KAAA(AM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1981. p. C-11 (289). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
9. ^ Abella, Ryan (April 10, 2014). "A piece of Kingman history makes way for development". Kingman Daily Miner. Retrieved May 26, 2020 - via Rose Law Group Reporter.

## External links

[edit]

* cameronbroadcasting.com
* FCC History Cards for KAAA
* Facility details for Facility ID 55492 (KAAA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KAAA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
* K248CO at FCCdata.org
* Facility details for Facility ID 145073 (K248CO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* K252FW at FCCdata.org
* Facility details for Facility ID 201620 (K252FW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in Kingman, Arizona (central Mojave County)

By AM frequency|

* 1170
* 1230

By FM frequency|

* 89.9
* 90.7
* 91.9
* 93.7
* 97.9
* 100.1
* 102.3
* 107.1

| LPFM|

* 98.7

|

Translators|

* 89.3
* 91.3
* 93.3
* 95.1
* 95.9
* 96.7
* 97.5
* 100.7
* 101.5
* 103.9

By call sign|

* K207DX
* K217BE
* K227CS
* K236BH
* K240BO
* K244CV
* K248CO
* K264AB
* K268AC
* K280EH
* KAAA
* KGMN
* KGPS-LP
* KJJJ
* KJZK
* KLKI
* KLUK
* KNKK
* KVIR
* KXWX
* KYET

Nearby regions
Flagstaff–Prescott
Las Vegas
Laughlin-Needles-Lake Havasu City

See also
List of radio stations in Arizona

* v
* t
* e

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Arizona

Stations|

* KAAA – Kingman
* KAFF - Flagstaff
* KATO – Safford
* KAZM – Sedona
* KBLU – Yuma
* KBTK – Kachina Village
* KFNX – Cave Creek
* KFYI – Phoenix
* KNKI – Pinetop
* KNST – Tucson
* KNTR – Lake Havasu City
* KTAR-FM – Glendale/Phoenix
* KTUC - Tucson
* KVWM – Show Low
* KYCA – Prescott
* KZZZ – Bullhead City

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Arizona
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