KURV
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| City of license | Edinburg, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Rio Grande Valley |
| Branding | News Talk 710 KURV |
| Slogan | The Valley's News, Weather & Talk Station |
| Frequency | 710 (kHz) |
| Format | News Talk |
| Power |
1000 watts day 910 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Owner |
R Communications (MBM Texas Valley LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kurv.com |
KURV (710 AM, "Fox News 710") is a radio station, broadcasting from Edinburg, Texas, that serves the Rio Grande Valley border area.[1] Though the station's city of license is Edinburg, where its transmitter sites are, its studios are actually located along North Jackson Road in McAllen, Texas.
History
KURV began broadcasting October 19, 1947, with 250 W power (daytime only). It was owned by J.C. Looney.[2] A sister station, KURV-FM, began broadcasting December 25, 1947, on 104.9 MHz with 1 KW effective radiated power;[3] that station is still co-owned with KURV as KJAV-FM.
References
- ↑ News Talk 710 KURV
- ↑ "KURV Gets Underway in Edinburg, Texas" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 17, 1947. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "New KURV-FM Edinburg, Operates Sunrise-9 p.m." (PDF). Broadcasting. January 5, 1948. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KURV
- Radio-Locator Information on KURV
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KURV
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Coordinates: 26°19′43″N 98°09′35″W / 26.32861°N 98.15972°W
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