KVIN

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KVIN
City of license Ceres, California
Broadcast area Modesto, California
Branding The Vine
Slogan Vintage Oldies
Frequency 920 kHz
Translator(s) 92.3 K222BX (Modesto)
First air date October 17, 1963
Format Oldies
Power 2,500 watts night
500 watts day
Class B
Facility ID 12062
Transmitter coordinates 37°35′49″N 121°4′15″W / 37.59694°N 121.07083°W / 37.59694; -121.07083
Callsign meaning The Vine
Former callsigns KLOC
Owner Threshold Communications
Sister stations KRVR-FM 105.5 Modesto, CA
Webcast Listen Live
Website kvin.net

KVIN (920 AM and 92.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Ceres, California, USA, it serves the Modesto, Stockton and Merced area. The station is currently owned by Threshold Communications and formerly featured programming provided from Jones Radio Networkand was an affiliate of Dial Global's America's Best Music until December 2013. All programming is now local 24/7 and features oldies from the 1950's & 60's, mixed with some of America's biggest Adult Standards. Saturday nights a big band show is featured, "Swing Thing" hosted by Fred Hall. KVIN along with sister station KRVR are Modesto's only locally owned radio stations.[1] KVIN is one of very few AM radio stations that increase power at night, expanding coverage toward Sacramento area and parts of San Francisco Bay Area. KVIN started as KLOC in 1963, by Country music artist Chester Smith.

References

  1. "KVIN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-07-19. 

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