KIVA (AM)

For the Albuquerque, New Mexico radio station that held the call sign KIVA at 1550 AM from 2009 to 2012, see KQNM.

KIVA
City	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Broadcast area	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Branding	Fox News ABQ
Frequency	1600 kHz
Translator(s)	95.9 K240BL 107.5 K298BY
Format	Talk
Power	10,000 watts (day) 175 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	65257
Transmitter coordinates	35°10′14″N 106°37′51″W / 35.17056°N 106.63083°W / 35.17056; -106.63083Coordinates: 35°10′14″N 106°37′51″W / 35.17056°N 106.63083°W / 35.17056; -106.63083
Former callsigns	KNUS (1988-1989) KZKL (1989-1993) KRLL (1993-1995) KNOS (1995-1989) KZKL (1989-1993) KDZZ (1997-1999) KIVA (1999-2002) KANM (2002-2005) KRKE (2005-2012)
Owner	Edward Aragon Sr. (Rock of Talk LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	abq.fm

KIVA (1600 AM) is an American radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico serving the Albuquerque metropolitan area. KIVA broadcasts on 1600 AM and on FM translator K240BL 95.9. Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque (a mile north of Central Avenue) and the transmitter tower is in North Valley, New Mexico.

Programming

KIVA broadcasts a talk radio and news radio format,^[1] featuring national talk shows Bloomberg, Laura Ingraham, The Dana Show, Dave Ramsey, Sean Hannity, Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. KIVA also features a local afternoon show called "The Rock of Talk" with Eddie Aragon from 4PM to 6PM. A variety of live programming is broadcast on the weekends, including Fox Sports Radio, Denver Broncos, and Notre Dame Football. Sundays are dedicated to business talk with Bloomberg Radio and Sunday Brunch with Charlie Rose, Hometown Heroes honoring America's veterans, religious programming including Joel Osteen and The Lutheran Hour and Fox Sports Radio in the afternoon when the Denver Broncos are not in season.

Most sports programs had moved over to KXKS 1190 & 107.5 which featured Fox Sports Radio full-time allowing KIVA to focus more on news. However, by July 2015 the sports talk format had been dropped with KXKS simulcasting religious talk from KKIM 1000 and KIVA broadcasting on K298BY 107.5 alongside 95.9.

KIVA brands itself as "The Rock of Talk". Hourly news updates are provided by The Blaze as well as AP Radio.

The station broadcasts in HD stereo via its AAC and MP3 streams which can be accessed at www.abq.fm. It also broadcasts in a MP3 format as well allowing every device to stream from the station from anywhere in the world. The website abq.fm features many different talk streams from Fox News, Bloomberg, Sean Hannity, Dana Loesch, Laura Ingraham, Art Bell, Infowars, and about 40 music formats.

According to the Spring 2014 Arbitron book more than 66% of its audience is made up of Males 25-54.

Broadcast translators of KIVA
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Class	FCC info
K240BL	95.9	Albuquerque, New Mexico	8824	250 horizontal	D	FCC

Broadcast translators of KIVA
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Class	FCC info
K298BY	107.5	Albuquerque, New Mexico	8825	55 horizontal	D	FCC

History

Logo for KRKE from 2005-2011

It had a classic country format as KRLL from 1993-1995 and was the home of Radio Disney as KDZZ in the late 1990s, but for many years was an AM simulcast for KZKL-FM (101.7) "Kool 102" an oldies station. It also had an all-news format as KIVA from 2000-2002 after it had moved to 1600 from 1580 AM. 1600 began an oldies format as KRKE in early 2005 after stunting with an all Elvis format for a couple of weeks at the end of 2004. The talk format for KIVA began on June 15, 2009 on 1550 AM. On August 28, 2012 KIVA swapped frequencies with KRKE moving KIVA to 1600 and KRKE from 1600 to 1550.

1600 had previously been "The mix of New Mexico" as KANM.

The station was assigned the call sign KNUS on 1988-11-05. On 1989-09-27, the station changed its call sign to KZKL, on 1993-11-01 to KRLL, on 1995-11-01 to KNOS, on 1996-06-14 to KZKL, on 1997-11-28 to KDZZ, on 1999-09-13 to KIVA, on 2002-10-22 to KANM, on 2005-04-01 to KRKE, and on 2012-08-28 to the current KIVA.^[2]

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
↑ "KIVA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KIVA

Radio-Locator Information on KIVA

Radio stations in the Albuquerque, New Mexico market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.9 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	610 730 770 810 840 920 1000 1050 1190 1240 1350 1450 1510 1550 1600

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.550

By callsign	K233CG K240BL K251AU K265CA K279BP K298BY KABG KABQ KABQ-FM KAGM KANW KARS KBNM-LP KBQI KBZU KDAZ KDLW KDRF KDSK KDSK-FM KFLQ KHFM KIOT KIVA KJFA-FM KKIM KKOB KKOB-FM KKRG-FM KKSS KLVO KLYT KMGA KMGG-LP KNKT KNML KOAZ KOLZ KPEK KQGC KQLV KQNM KQRI KQTM KRST KRZY KRZY-FM KSVA KSWV KTBL KTEG KUNM KXKS KZRR WXJ33 WXJ34

Outer area	88.7 91.1 92.7 98.7

Defunct	KDEF 1150 KKNS 1310

Nearby radio markets Four Corners area Roswell Santa Fe See also List of radio stations in New Mexico

News/Talk radio stations in the state of New Mexico

Stations	KABQ – Albuquerque KEJL – Humble City KEND – Roswell KENN – Farmington KINN – Alamogordo KIVA – Albuquerque KKOB – Albuquerque KRUI – Ruidoso Downs KSVP – Artesia KTBL – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque KTRC – Santa Fe

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New Mexico

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