KVAN (AM)

For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 910 AM known as KVAN from 1941-1959, see KMTT. For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 1480 AM known as KVAN from 1967-1980, see KBMS. For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 1550 AM known as KVAN from 1981-1989 and 1991-2003, see KKOV. For the radio station in Pilot Rock, Oregon at 92.1 FM known as KVAN-FM from 2007-2010, see KUMA-FM.

KVAN
City of license	Burbank, Washington
Broadcast area	Tri-Cities
Frequency	1560 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	10,000 watts day 700 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	132714
Transmitter coordinates	46°10′11″N 119°01′32″W / 46.16972°N 119.02556°W / 46.16972; -119.02556
Owner	Compadres, LLC

KVAN (1560 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Located near Burbank, Washington, United States, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is owned by Compadres, LLC.^[1]

History

Between 1967 and 1979, the call letters KVAN were assigned to a progressive rock station located in Vancouver, Washington, operating on 1480 kHz. At first a daytime-only station, it began nighttime transmissions in 1975. Disk jockeys during this period included Gloria Johnson, Michael Deal, Iris Harrison, Bob Ancheta "The Big B.A.", Robin Banks, Dave Lind, Jeff Clark, Les Friedman, Andy Brown; Willie Nelson, who hosted The Western Express, Bruce Funkhouser, Chuck Scott, Paul Mitchell, Alan Mason, Bill St. James, Rob Sample, Ron Maita, Larry Scott, Kevin West, Sleepy John,Valerie Ring and Lowell King.^[2] Bob moved on to KGON 92.3 for 18 years with stops at KKRH and KINK 101.9 where he hosted the Sunday Night Blues Room for 13 years before retiring in 2011. He currently is the founder and owner of <internetjock.com> A voice over company in Beaverton, Oregon.

References

↑ "KVAN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "PDX Radio KVAN History".

External links

Radio stations in the Tri-Cities (Richland–Kennewick–Pasco), WA market

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 90.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.9 95.7 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.1 101.3 102.7 103.5 105.3 106.5 107.7

By AM frequency	610 870 960 1340 1560

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.425 162.450 162.475 162.525

By Call sign	KALE KBLD KEGX KEYW KFAE KFLD KGDN KIOK KJOX KKSR KMMG KOLU KOLW KONA KONA-FM KORD-FM KQFO KRCW KRKL KTCV KUJ-FM KUMA-FM KVAN KWHT KWVN-FM KXRX KZHR KZTB KZZ73 WWF56 WWH27 WXL95 WZ2522

Nearby radio markets Lewiston Pullman–Moscow Spokane Wenatchee Yakima See also List of radio stations in Washington

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Washington

All-News	KOMO – Seattle KOMO-FM – Oakville

News & Talk	KBKW – Aberdeen KBSN – Moses Lake KEDO – Longview KELA – Centralia-Chehalis KFLD – Pasco KGDC – Walla Walla KGMI – Bellingham KGTK – Olympia KIRO-FM – Tacoma KIT – Yakima KJOX – Kennewick KKOL – Seattle KLFE – Seattle KMAS – Shelton KMAX – Colfax KONA – Kennewick-Richland-Pasco KONP – Port Angeles KPQ – Wenatchee KQNT – Spokane KQQQ – Pullman KTTH- Seattle KVAN – Burbank KXLE – Ellensburg KXLY – Spokane KXRO – Aberdeen

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

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