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| | name = KNWZ | |||
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| logo = KNWZ K-NEWS94.3-104.7 logo.png | ||
| | city = ] | |||
| | area = ] | |||
| | frequency = 970 ] | |||
| | translator = 104.7 K284CR (]) | |||
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| repeaters = 1140 ] (Palm Springs)<br>1250 ] (]) | ||
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| airdate = ] | ||
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| branding = ''K-News 94.3 104.7'' | ||
| | format = ] | |||
| ⚫ | | network = ] | ||
| power = '''KNWZ''':<br>5,000 ]s day<br>360 watts night<br>'''KNWQ''':<br>10,000 watts day<br>2,500 watts night<br>'''KNWH''':<br>800 watts day<br>77 watts night| | |||
| | affiliations = ]<BR>]<BR>] | |||
| coordinates = {{coord|33|41|12|N|116|9|28|W}} KNWZ<br>{{coord|33|51|39|N|116|28|20|W}} KNWQ<br>{{coord|34|7|51|N|116|22|12|W}} KNWH | | |||
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| power = 5,000 ]s day<br>360 watts night | ||
| | coordinates = {{coord|33|41|12|N|116|9|28|W}} | |||
| facility_id = '''KNWZ''': 12130<br>'''KNWQ''': 72030<br>'''KNWH''': 67028| | |||
| | class = B | |||
| callsign_meaning = '''KNWZ''': '''K'''-'''N'''e'''W'''s '''Z'''<br>'''KNWQ''': '''K'''-'''N'''e'''W'''s '''Q'''<br>'''KNWH''': '''K'''-'''N'''e'''W'''s '''H'''| | |||
| | facility_id = 12130 | |||
| former_callsigns = '''KNWZ''':<br>KCHV (1983)<br>KVIM (1983-1989)<br>KCLB (1989-2001)<br>'''KNWQ''':<br>KCMJ (?-2001)<br>KNWZ (1/18/2001-1/25/2001)<br>'''KNWH''': <br>KDHI (?-1994)<br>KQYN (1994-2005)<br>KNWH (2005-2007)<br>KDGR (1/2007-2/2007) | | |||
| | callsign_meaning = '''K'''-'''N'''e'''W'''s '''Z''' | |||
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| | former_callsigns = KCHV (1954–1983)<br>KVIM (1983–1989)<br>KCLB (1989–2001) | |||
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| | owner = ] | |||
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| ⚫ | | licensee = Alpha Media Licensee LLC | ||
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| ⚫ | | sister_stations = ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] | ||
| | website = | |||
| | webcast = {{listen live|https://www.alphamediaplayer.com/knews}} | |||
| ⚫ | | website = {{URL|http://www.knewsradio.com/}} | ||
| | licensing_authority = ] | |||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''KNWZ''' (970 ]) is a ] ] ] to ]. It ]s a ] ] with ]s 1140 ] and 1250 ]. It is owned by ].<ref>, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2019.</ref> The ]s are on North Gene Autry Trail (]) in Palm Springs. | |||
| '''KNWZ/KNWQ/KNWH''' is a ] ] station owned and operated by ] in Palm Springs, California. The stations combine to serve the ] area of ], ] area, and surrounding desert cities. | |||
| By day, KNWZ is powered at 5,000 ]s. But to avoid interference to other stations on ], KNWZ must reduce power at night to 360 watts.<ref></ref> It uses a ] with a three-]. Programming is also heard on several ]s in the ]. | |||
| KNWQ's transmitter is in Palm Springs (for the Western Coachella Valley and ] area), while KNWZ is in ] 25 miles to the east (for the Eastern Coachella and ]). KNWQ was originally on 1340 kHz and moved to 1010 kHz in 1958. It moved to 1140 kHz in 1984. | |||
| ==Programming== | |||
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| Weekdays begin with the ''K-News Morning Show'', a local wake-up program with Mike Mozingo and Kris Long. The rest of the weekday schedule is ] talk programs: ''], ], ], ], ], ] with ], ]'' and ''Markley, Van Camp & Robbins''. | |||
| Syndicated weekend shows include the ''], ] with ], ], ], ]'' and '']''. Most hours begin with an update from ]. | |||
| ==Programs== | |||
| KNWZ/KNWQ/KNWH carries such programs as ], ], ] Show, Savage Nation with ] and ] with ] as well as the locally-produced “Bulldog” Bill Feingold show in the morning and Hot Talk with Rich and Paul in afternoon drive. | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| ===KCHV, KVIM=== | |||
| KNWZ's call letters were originally KGUY (a Country station located at 1270 AM) when it started the "all news format" in late 1974 or early 1975. Before that the call letters were KGOL and was owned by Harry Triner. Harry and Son Doug also owned 1350 KCKC in San Bernardino. Jerry Jolstead was the GM of KMEN 1290 a crosstown top 40 rival also in San Bernardino and their relationship was formed in the years prior to 1973. The Palm Springs market had 11 radio stations in the 1970s. The region's first all news radio station was 1270 KGUY Newsradio in Palm Desert. Owned by Jerry Jolstead, the last-place station had a daytime-only signal and was an affiliate of the NBC/NIS network, which provided wall-to-wall news and sports coverage to complement the station's local coverage. Bill Lorin was hired as program director when the format was originally changed, prior to the call letter change. | |||
| The station began broadcasting in {{Start date and age|1954}}.<ref name="BCYearbook1971">'''', ], 1971. p. B-19. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> The original ] was '''KCHV'''.<ref name="BCYearbook1971"/><ref name="HistoryCards">, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> It was a ], powered at 1,000 watts, and required to go off the air at sunset. It was owned by the Coachella Valley Broadcasting Company.<ref name="HistoryCards"/> In 1963, its daytime power was increased to 5,000 watts and it began nighttime operations, running 1,000 watts.<ref name="HistoryCards"/> | |||
| Jolstead recruited newscaster Terry Corbell in December 1975 to be the station's news director to enhance its local news coverage and ratings. (A Palm Springs native, Corbell had been a newscaster at KPRO in Riverside, California, which had been owned by broadcasting icon Dick Clark.) When the NBC/NIS network defaulted in 1976, Jolstead asked Corbell to design an all-news format. Corbell hired ] to record station IDs and imagery. About 60 days later, Corbell's news format proved to be enormously successful and received a 14-share (Hooper), for second place in the ratings, one point behind KDES. The station ratings revealed that 9 out of 10 men favored KGUY Newsradio. | |||
| On August 26, 1983, the station's call sign was changed to '''KVIM'''.<ref name="CallSign">, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> On September 1, 1989, its call sign was changed to '''KCLB'''.<ref name="CallSign"/> ] formats were aired as KVIM<ref name="BCYearbook1985">'''', ], 1985. p. B-24. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref><ref>Unmacht, Robert (1989). ''''. p. S-28. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> and KCLB.<ref>Unmacht, Robert (1991). ''''. p. 52. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref><ref>Unmacht, Robert; McCrummen (1998). ''''. p. 97. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref><ref name="BCYearbook2000">'''', ], 2000. p. D-41. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> | |||
| For national coverage, the station used feeds from the Mutual Broadcasting System. | |||
| ===KNWZ=== | |||
| Corbell covered the region's top stories: Fundraising visits to Palm Springs by ] and ]; the retirement plans of former President ] when he lost his bid for re-election; ]'s marriage to Barbara Marx; and many other top stories. He also covered the ] Desert Classic, the ] Winners Circle and the American Airlines Tennis Games. | |||
| ⚫ | KNWZ debuted at 1270 AM in 1988 under the ownership of William Hart. It was the area's second attempt at an ] format in the style of ], the all-news station in ]. But soon it was converted to a ] format. Jerry Jolstead had sold the station and Hart purchased it from Mary and Kate Neiswender. The morning drive slot was occupied from 1994-2000 by Luigi Rossetti under the air name of "Lou Penrose." Rossetti left the station at the height of his popularity to accept a position as District Director for Congresswoman ]. The Lou Penrose Morning Talk Show was followed from 9-11a.m. by former television newsman ]. Fortner was let go in 1998, immediately after the purchase of the station by ] as part of the new Desert Radio Group. | ||
| ⚫ | The station had been simulcast on two FM repeaters and one other station (]) from April 1995 to October 1998, when Morris purchased the stations; it then converted all three of the FM stations to music formats. Morris then moved KNWZ to 970/1140AM on January 1, 2001. | ||
| Most of Corbell's news reports were exclusive in nature, which he fed to KNX in Hollywood; NBC; and Mutual Broadcasting. In 1977, Corbell left KGUY to be news director at KPLM-TV in Palm Springs. | |||
| ⚫ | In October 2009, K-News began to operate an FM radio translator on 94.3 MHz from Desert Hot Springs covering the Coachella Valley. In 2016, KNWZ began to be heard on 103.7 in the ] area. In 2018, it added a translator on 104.7 FM for the Palm Springs area, in addition to 94.3 FM from Coachella. | ||
| ⚫ | KNWZ debuted at |
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| ⚫ | The station had been simulcast on two FM repeaters and one other station (]) from April 1995 to October 1998, when Morris purchased the stations; it then converted all three of the FM stations to music formats. | ||
| Morris then moved KNWZ to 970/1140AM on January 1, 2001. It then bought KCMJ, which had moved to 1270AM, in August 2004 and made it KNWT, "K-News 2." 1270AM was KFUT "Recuerdo", featuring Spanish oldies, became a FOX sports station in 2013 and now is ], an LGBTQ-formatted station. | |||
| Morris sold the three stations, along with thirty others, to ] for $38.25 million, effective September 1, 2015. | Morris sold the three stations, along with thirty others, to ] for $38.25 million, effective September 1, 2015. | ||
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| Broadcast area | Coachella Valley |
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| Frequency | 970 kHz |
| Branding | K-News 94.3 104.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Network | CBS News Radio |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Sister stations | KCLB-FM, KCLZ, KDES-FM, KDGL, KKUU, KNWH, KNWQ, KPSI-FM |
| History | |
| First air date | 1954 |
| Former call signs | KCHV (1954–1983) KVIM (1983–1989) KCLB (1989–2001) |
| Call sign meaning | K-NeWs Z |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 12130 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 360 watts night |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°41′12″N 116°9′28″W / 33.68667°N 116.15778°W / 33.68667; -116.15778 |
| Translator(s) | 104.7 K284CR (Palm Springs) |
| Repeater(s) | 1140 KNWQ (Palm Springs) 1250 KNWH (Yucca Valley) |
| Links | |
| Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KNWZ (970 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Coachella, California. It simulcasts a news/talk format with sister stations 1140 KNWQ and 1250 KNWH. It is owned by Alpha Media. The studios are on North Gene Autry Trail (California State Route 111) in Palm Springs.
By day, KNWZ is powered at 5,000 watts. But to avoid interference to other stations on 970 AM, KNWZ must reduce power at night to 360 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. Programming is also heard on several FM translators in the Coachella Valley.
Programming
Weekdays begin with the K-News Morning Show, a local wake-up program with Mike Mozingo and Kris Long. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs: The Dan Bongino Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Matt Walsh Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal and Markley, Van Camp & Robbins.
Syndicated weekend shows include the CBS News Weekend Roundup, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Rich DiMuro on Tech, Bill Handel on the Law, The Takeout with Major Garrett and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from CBS News Radio.
History
KCHV, KVIM
The station began broadcasting in 1954; 71 years ago (1954). The original call sign was KCHV. It was a daytimer, powered at 1,000 watts, and required to go off the air at sunset. It was owned by the Coachella Valley Broadcasting Company. In 1963, its daytime power was increased to 5,000 watts and it began nighttime operations, running 1,000 watts.
On August 26, 1983, the station's call sign was changed to KVIM. On September 1, 1989, its call sign was changed to KCLB. Spanish language formats were aired as KVIM and KCLB.
KNWZ
KNWZ debuted at 1270 AM in 1988 under the ownership of William Hart. It was the area's second attempt at an all-news format in the style of KNX, the all-news station in Los Angeles. But soon it was converted to a talk radio format. Jerry Jolstead had sold the station and Hart purchased it from Mary and Kate Neiswender. The morning drive slot was occupied from 1994-2000 by Luigi Rossetti under the air name of "Lou Penrose." Rossetti left the station at the height of his popularity to accept a position as District Director for Congresswoman Mary Bono. The Lou Penrose Morning Talk Show was followed from 9-11a.m. by former television newsman Ron Fortner. Fortner was let go in 1998, immediately after the purchase of the station by Morris Communications as part of the new Desert Radio Group.
The station had been simulcast on two FM repeaters and one other station (94.3, 103.9 and 106.9) from April 1995 to October 1998, when Morris purchased the stations; it then converted all three of the FM stations to music formats. Morris then moved KNWZ to 970/1140AM on January 1, 2001.
In October 2009, K-News began to operate an FM radio translator on 94.3 MHz from Desert Hot Springs covering the Coachella Valley. In 2016, KNWZ began to be heard on 103.7 in the Twentynine Palms area. In 2018, it added a translator on 104.7 FM for the Palm Springs area, in addition to 94.3 FM from Coachella.
Morris sold the three stations, along with thirty others, to Alpha Media LLC for $38.25 million, effective September 1, 2015.
References
- "Facility Technical Data for KNWZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- AM Query Results: KNWQ, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- Radio-Locator.com/KNWZ
- ^ 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook, Broadcasting, 1971. p. B-19. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ History Cards for KNWZ, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1985. p. B-24. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- Unmacht, Robert (1989). The M Street Radio Directory. p. S-28. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- Unmacht, Robert (1991). The M Street Radio Directory. p. 52. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- Unmacht, Robert; McCrummen (1998). The M Street Radio Directory. p. 97. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000, Broadcasting & Cable, 2000. p. D-41. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 12130 (KNWZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KNWZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 14059 (K232CX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K232CX at FCCdata.org
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