KAAA
{{short description|Radio station in Kingman, Arizona}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KAAA
| logo = File:KZZZ KAAA 1490-1230 logo.jpg
| city = Kingman, Arizona
| area =
| branding = KAAA fm 97.5
| airdate = October 17, 1949
| frequency = 1230 kHz
| translator = {{ubl
|{{Radio Relay|97.5|K248CO|Kingman}}
|{{Radio Relay|98.3|K252FW|Kingman}}
}}
| format = News–talk
| power = 1,000 watts unlimited
| class = C
| facility_id = 55492
| coordinates = {{coord|35|9|49|N|114|4|12|W|region:US-AZ_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = Double meaning of "A to Z" and both stations standing for Arizona's postal abbreviation
| former_callsigns = KGAN (1949–1956)
| affiliations = {{ubl|Fox News Radio|Premiere Networks|Westwood One|Salem Radio Network}}
| owner = Cameron Broadcasting, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations = KZZZ
| webcast = [http://v6.player.abacast.net/2062 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.talkatoz.com talkatoz.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KAAA (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news–talk format, licensed to Kingman, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. and forms a full-time simulcast with KZZZ in Bullhead City. The stations feature programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Westwood One and Salem Radio Network among others.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KAAA |title=KAAA Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
History
KGAN signed on October 7, 1949.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/1970-BC-YB.pdf|page=B-11 (211)|work=Broadcasting Yearbook|title=KAAA|date=1970|accessdate=May 26, 2020}} It broadcast with 250 watts on 1230 kHz.{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=32052 |title= History Cards for KAAA|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) The station, an ABC affiliate, was sold in early 1956 by original owner J. James Glancy to Wallace Stone and John F. Holbrook for $25,000;{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1956/1956-01-02-BC.pdf|accessdate=May 26, 2020|date=January 2, 1956|work=Broadcasting|title=KGAN Kingman, Ariz., Sold|page=65}} the new owners changed the call letters to the present KAAA on February 19, 1956.{{r|hc}} Stone bought out Holbrook two years later, and in 1963, the station was authorized to increase daytime power to 1,000 watts.{{r|hc}}
Stone sold KAAA in 1971 for $225,000 to Sun Mountain Broadcasting, the principals of which included an FM station applicant in Lake Havasu City and a station salesman.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1971/1971-12-27---01-03-BC.pdf|accessdate=May 26, 2020|date=December 27, 1971|work=Broadcasting|page=27 (29)|title=Changing Hands}} Under Sun Mountain, a companion FM station, KZZZ 92.7 (now KFLG-FM 94.7), was launched. By the time KAAA-KZZZ was sold to Mohave Sun Broadcasting in 1981,{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1981/1981-05-25-BC.pdf|date=May 25, 1981|work=Broadcasting|accessdate=May 26, 2020|page=96|title=For the Record}} KAAA broadcast a mixed Top 40-country format.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/1981-BC-YB.pdf|work=Broadcasting Yearbook|year=1981|title=KAAA(AM)|page=C-11 (289)|accessdate=May 26, 2020}}
In 2001, KAAA was consolidated with KZZZ at that station's Bullhead City studio base. The former Kingman studio and transmitter building was demolished in 2014 to allow redevelopment of the land.{{cite news|url=https://roselawgroupreporter.com/2014/04/piece-kingman-history-makes-way-development/|accessdate=May 26, 2020|via=Rose Law Group Reporter|work=Kingman Daily Miner|first=Ryan|last=Abella|title=A piece of Kingman history makes way for development|date=April 10, 2014}} Cameron currently maintains studios in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City.
References
- Sies, Luther F. Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920–1960. Jefferson, NC:McFarland, 2000.
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External links
- [http://www.cameronbroadcasting.com/ cameronbroadcasting.com]
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=32052 FCC History Cards for KAAA]
{{AM station data|55492|KAAA}}
- {{FXL|K248CO}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|145073|K248CO}}
- {{FXL|K252FW}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|201620|K252FW}}
{{Kingman Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Arizona}}
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States