| City of license | Flagstaff, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona |
| Slogan | "The Voice of Northern Arizona" |
| Frequency | 600 (kHz) |
| First air date | 1958 |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 1,000 watts (Day) 48 watts (Night) |
| Class | D |
| Callsign meaning | K Voice of Northern Arizona (slogan) |
| Former callsigns | KEOS (1950s-1981) KZKZ (1981-1986) |
| Owner | Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | KKLD, KQST, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KYBC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | KVNA AM 600 Online |
KVNA (600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Flagstaff area. The station is currently owned by Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation and features programing from CBS Radio, ESPN Radio and Westwood One.[1] KVNA's original transmitter was demolished to make way for a shopping development. The station is currently using the wiring in its studio as the transmitter until a new tower can be built.
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The station was assigned the call letters KZKZ on 1981-09-24. On 1986-07-15, the station changed its call sign to the current KVNA.[2]
KVNA started as KEOS which used the slogan "Service in Sound in Northern Arizona" in the 1950s and 1960s. The station was owned by Flagstaff businessman Jack Bird and licensed to Thunderbird Broadcasting Company, the call letters stood for the initials of the first owner E.O. Smith. KEOS ("Chaos") was a 1000 watt daytimer signing off at sunset each day when it was originally on the 1290 AM frequency and also broadcasted at 1000 Watts day and 500 Watts nighttime, DA-2, when it was later moved to 690 AM frequency. The station later changed their call sign to KZKZ after it was sold in 1981.
After another ownership change in 1986, the call sign was changed to KVNA and paired with a new FM station at 97.5 MHz. The station finally ended up on the 600 AM frequency in the late 1990s after the owners obtained the license to broadcast there. KCLS, the station that had been on the 600 kHz AM frequency, went dark in 1986.
owned no other radio stations
owned no other radio stations
owned stations in Kansas along with 97.5 KVNA-FM and was to sign on current KMGN
owned sister stations KZGL-FM, KVNA-FM along with stations in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, California, New Mexico and Minnesota
currently owns KQST-FM, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KKLD-FM, KYBC-AM
Some notable radio personalities have worked at either KVNA or KCLS earlier in their careers. Tim Hattrick of the well known Phoenix morning team of Tim and Willie (who have worked at KMLE and KNIX) started at KZKZ while in college at Northern Arizona University. Jim Sharpe, who has worked mornings in several major markets, including Los Angeles spent some of his early radio career at KCLS in the early 1980s. Some other notable personalities and shows to appear on either station were:
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