KANA
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| Frequency | 580 kHz |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | October 24, 1946 |
Last air date | August 21, 2023 |
Call sign meaning | Anaconda |
| Technical information | |
| 668 | |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 46°7′43″N 112°55′25″W / 46.12861°N 112.92361°W |
| Translator | 100.7 K264CZ (Butte) |
KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana, United States. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format.[1] The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.[2]
The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.
Ownership
[edit]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.[3]
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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC), who cancelled them the same day.[4] Unpaid regulatory fees attributed to KANA were a factor in the September 2026 revocation of the license for another Southwest Montana Media station, KBOQ (100.9 FM) in Lima.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "Deals 12/11/2006". Broadcasting & Cable. December 11, 2006.
- ↑ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (September 6, 2026). "FCC Report 9/6: Nine Licenses Cancelled This Week". RadioInsight. Retrieved September 6, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 668 (KANA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KANA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K264CZ at FCCdata.org
