KVTA
| City of license | Ventura, California |
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| Broadcast area |
Ventura County, California Santa Barbara County, California |
| Branding | News Talk 1590 KVTA |
| Slogan | Ventura County's News, Traffic, Weather & Sports Station |
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 7746 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°14′13.00″N 119°12′9.00″W / 34.2369444°N 119.2025000°W |
| Former callsigns | KUNX (1995-2013) |
| Affiliations | Dial Global |
| Owner | Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC |
| Website | kvta.com |
For a history of the 1520 signal in the Ventura-Oxnard metro, on which KVTA broadcast on until March 2013, see KKZZ
KVTA (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Ventura, California, USA, it serves the Ventura County and Santa Barbara County areas. The station is currently owned by Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC.
For many years the 1590 signal broadcast the Spanish language Radio Formula news/talk format. The Radio Formula format switched to Gold Coast-owned KKZZ early in 2013. In February, 2013 it switched to a simulcast of nearby KVTA-1520; on March 6, 2013, the call letters between the two stations were exchanged, with the KVTA calls moving to 1590 and the KUNX calls replacing them on 1520.
Previous logo
(KVTA's logo under previous 1520 AM frequency)
External links
- FCC History Cards for KVTA
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KVTA
- Radio-Locator Information on KVTA
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KVTA
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