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KAAA

Kingman, Arizona
Frequency	1230 kHz
Branding	KAAA fm 97.5
Programming
Format	News–talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Premiere Networks Westwood One Salem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Cameron Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	KZZZ
History
First air date	October 17, 1949
Former call signs	KGAN (1949–1956)
Call sign meaning	Double meaning of "A to Z" and both stations standing for Arizona's postal abbreviation
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	55492
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	35°9′49″N 114°4′12″W / 35.16361°N 114.07000°W / 35.16361; -114.07000
Translator(s)	97.5 K248CO (Kingman) 98.3 K252FW (Kingman)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	talkatoz.com

KAAA (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news–talk format, licensed to Kingman, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. and forms a full-time simulcast with KZZZ in Bullhead City. The stations feature programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Westwood One and Salem Radio Network among others.

History

KGAN signed on October 7, 1949. It broadcast with 250 watts on 1230 kHz. The station, an ABC affiliate, was sold in early 1956 by original owner J. James Glancy to Wallace Stone and John F. Holbrook for $25,000; the new owners changed the call letters to the present KAAA on February 19, 1956. Stone bought out Holbrook two years later, and in 1963, the station was authorized to increase daytime power to 1,000 watts. Stone sold KAAA in 1971 for $225,000 to Sun Mountain Broadcasting, the principals of which included an FM station applicant in Lake Havasu City and a station salesman. Under Sun Mountain, a companion FM station, KZZZ 92.7 (now KFLG-FM 94.7), was launched. By the time KAAA-KZZZ was sold to Mohave Sun Broadcasting in 1981, KAAA broadcast a mixed Top 40-country format.

In 2001, KAAA was consolidated with KZZZ at that station's Bullhead City studio base. The former Kingman studio and transmitter building was demolished in 2014 to allow redevelopment of the land. Cameron currently maintains studios in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City.

References

• Sies, Luther F. Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920–1960. Jefferson, NC:McFarland, 2000.

1. "Facility Technical Data for KAAA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "KAAA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. "KAAA" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1970. p. B-11 (211). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. ^ "History Cards for KAAA". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
5. "KGAN Kingman, Ariz., Sold" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 2, 1956. p. 65. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
6. "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 27, 1971. p. 27 (29). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
7. "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 25, 1981. p. 96. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
8. "KAAA(AM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1981. p. C-11 (289). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
9. Abella, Ryan (April 10, 2014). "A piece of Kingman history makes way for development". Kingman Daily Miner. Retrieved May 26, 2020 – via Rose Law Group Reporter.

External links

• cameronbroadcasting.com
• FCC History Cards for KAAA
• Facility details for Facility ID 55492 (KAAA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KAAA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• K248CO at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 145073 (K248CO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K252FW at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 201620 (K252FW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

• Radio stations in Arizona
• News and talk radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations established in 1949
• 1949 establishments in Arizona