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KRVN

Lexington, Nebraska
Broadcast area	Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings-Cozad-Gothenburg
Frequency	880 kHz
Branding	KRVN Rural Radio
Programming
Format	Full service
Ownership
Owner	Nebraska Rural Radio Association
Sister stations	KRVN-FM, KAMI
History
First air date	1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Former frequencies	1010 kHz (1951–1972)
Call sign meaning	"Rural Voice of Nebraska"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	48002
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	40°30′57″N 99°23′47″W / 40.51583°N 99.39639°W / 40.51583; -99.39639
Translator(s)	98.5 K253CS (Grand Island) 99.7 K259DL (Burwell) 106.9 K295BI (Kearney)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	krvn.com

KRVN (880 AM) is a radio station in Lexington, Nebraska, and serving most of the rural central and western part of the state.

The station features agricultural news programming during the day and classic country at night.

KRVN is one of two 50,000-watt stations in Nebraska, the other being KFAB in Omaha. It is the second-most powerful station in the state; unlike KFAB, it is not a clear-channel, Class A station, but it does operate on a clear-channel frequency, on which WHSQ in New York City is the dominant station. KRVN broadcasts from a four-tower antenna array located in the middle of cornfields near Holdrege, Nebraska. KRVN is Nebraska's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.

Due to its transmitter power and central Nebraska's flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity), KRVN boasts one of the largest coverage areas in the Western United States. During the day, tower #3 radiates the transmitter's full power to almost all of Nebraska's densely populated area, as well as more than half of Kansas and northeastern Colorado. At night, power is fed to all four towers to provide a directional signal aimed to the west to protect WHSQ. This results in the second-largest city within its coverage area, Kearney, only getting a grade B signal; a translator at 106.9 FM is used to make up for this shortfall. Even with this arrangement, it is able to cover western Nebraska, northwestern Kansas, northeastern Colorado, and most of the Dakotas.

KRVN is a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers radio network.

The KRVN network is unique in that it is owned and operated by a cooperative of farmers and ranchers, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association. It was founded in 1948, opening its first station, KRVN, in 1951. It was originally located at 1010 AM, broadcasting with 10,000 watts. In 1972, it moved to its current frequency and boosted its transmitting power to 50,000 watts; the lower dial position and stronger transmitter enabled it to serve more of central Nebraska's farmers.

The NRRA launched a sister music station with a similar callsign, KRVN-FM (River 93.1), in 1962.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KRVN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ "KRVN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. "Programming Schedule". Nebraska Rural Radio Association. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
4. ^ "About Us". Rural Radio Network. Archived from the original on January 23, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
5. NRRA timeline

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 48002 (KRVN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KRVN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• FCC History Cards for KRVN
• About KRVN – Includes a timeline of developments of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association's network

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