KVON

KVON
City	Napa, California
Broadcast area	Santa Rosa, California
Frequency	1440 kHz
First air date	1947
Format	News Talk Information
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	74430
Transmitter coordinates	38°15′45.00″N 122°16′56.00″W / 38.2625000°N 122.2822222°W / 38.2625000; -122.2822222
Affiliations	ABC Radio, Dial Global
Owner	Wine Country Broadcasting Company
Sister stations	KVYN
Webcast	AM Listen Live
Website	kvon.com

KVON (1440 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Napa, California, USA, it serves the Santa Rosa area. The station is currently owned by Wine Country Broadcasting Company and features programming provided by ABC Radio and Westwood One.

History

KVON began broadcasting December 17, 1947, on 1440 kHz with 500 W power (full-time).^[1] The station was owned by Thomas L. Young from 1971 to 1996. During Young's ownership, he founded sister station KVYN which went on the air in 1975. ^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Mayor to Pull Switch as KVON Napa Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 15, 1947. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ Sestito, Maria (December 1, 2015). "Former radio station owner dies at age 94". Napa Valley Register (Napa, CA: Lee Enterprises, Inc.). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
↑ "Thomas L. Young". Napa Valley Register (Napa, CA: Lee Enterprises, Inc.). December 4, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.

External links

FCC History Cards for KVON

Query the FCC's AM station database for KVON

Radio-Locator Information on KVON

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KVON

Radio stations in the Santa Rosa, California market

By FM frequency	89.1 89.9 91.1 91.9 92.9 93.7 95.5 95.9 96.7 97.7 98.7 99.3 100.1 100.9 101.7 102.7 104.1 104.9 106.3 107.1

By AM frequency	1350 1440 1460 1490

By callsign	K238AF KBBL KDFC KFGY KHTH KJOR KJZY KLVR KMHX KNOB KRCB-FM KRRS KRSH KSRO KSRT KSXY KVON KVRV KVYN KWVF KXTS KZNB KZST

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News/Talk radio stations in the state of California

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