Frequency | 580 kHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Defunct (formerly Classic hits) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | First license granted October 24, 1946 |
Call sign meaning | ANAconda [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 668 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000
watts (day) 197 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°07′43″N 112°55′25″W / 46.12861°N 112.92361°W |
Translator(s) | 100.7 K264CZ ( Butte) |
Links | |
Public license information |
KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format. [3]
The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.
The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [4]
In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000. [5]
Butte Broadcasting donated KANA to A.W.A.R.E., Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective August 3, 2012.
Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.
On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day. [6]
Frequency | 580 kHz |
---|---|
Programming | |
Format | Defunct (formerly Classic hits) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
|
History | |
First air date | First license granted October 24, 1946 |
Call sign meaning | ANAconda [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 668 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000
watts (day) 197 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°07′43″N 112°55′25″W / 46.12861°N 112.92361°W |
Translator(s) | 100.7 K264CZ ( Butte) |
Links | |
Public license information |
KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format. [3]
The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.
The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [4]
In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000. [5]
Butte Broadcasting donated KANA to A.W.A.R.E., Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective August 3, 2012.
Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.
On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day. [6]