KGA

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KGA-AM
City of license	Spokane, Washington
Broadcast area	Spokane, Washington
Branding	1510 KGA The Big Talker
Frequency	1510 MHz
Format	Talk
Power	50 kW
Class	A
Owner	Citadel Broadcasting
Website	1510kga.com

KGA, also known as 1510 KGA The Big Talker, is an all-talk station based in Spokane, Washington. The Citadel Broadcasting Corporation outlet broadcasts at 1510 kHz with an ERP of 50kW.

[edit] History

Licensed February 4, 1927, KGA was a successful country music outlet for most of its life until 1994, when it began the transition to its current format.

Today, KGA is where you will find syndicated fare from Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage, along with former Los Angeles Police detective/best selling author Mark Fuhrman, who happens to live in nearby Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, doing a live and local morning slot weekdays.

Radio station KGA has a long history beginning in 1927 with its studios in the old Radio Center Building across the street from the Davenport Hotel and transmitter on the northside of Spokane where the Lidgerwood Elementary School is located when it was owned by Mr. Louis Wasmer to its current studio location on 57th Avenue on Moran Prairie and current transmitter site in Spangle under the ownership of Citadel Communications. Although the station has had several owners, notably Gonzaga University, has changed frequency several times, and has had its studio and transmitter site changed over the years, including the old insurance building on W. Riverside, which was being used by the Spokane Catholic Diocese in January 2007, it has retained the same set of call letters over the years. In fact, the call letters KGA have been continuously used on AM longer in Spokane than any other set of call letters.

Sources:

1. Harms, William. Radio Sation KGA. 2005. http://spokane.philcobill.com/kga/index.php 2. Scott, Xen. Transcription of FCC microfiche files KGA, November 11, 1994. 3. Spokane Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Symons Building. Application made in 1995 to the City/County Historic Landmarks Commission, Sixth Floor, City Hall, Spokane, Washington. 4. McGoldrick, Jim. Early Memories of Radio in Spokane; letter to Thorwald Jorgenson, about 1981. Used by permission of Dean Carriveau, Spokane, Washington