KVVN

Founded by George B. Bailey and Greater Bay Area Broadcasters, the station obtained its first construction permit on March 8, 1963, and signed on as KGBA on December 15, 1963.[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=43471 History Cards for KVVN], fcc.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2018.{{cite book|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1965/B-All-Radio-1965-YB-All.pdf|title=1965 Broadcasting Yearbook|page=B-22|year=1965|place=Washington, DC|publisher=Broadcasting Publications|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}} KGBA featured programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and weekly programs in German and Italian.

Following a $182,000 sale of the station to Royal Bear Broadcasters in the previous month, KGBA became KGNU on October 1, 1965.https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=KVVN {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}{{citation|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1965/1965-10-04-BC.pdf|title=Ownership changes|work=Broadcasting|date=October 4, 1965|page=85|volume=39|issue=14|access-date=March 29, 2020|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}} KGNU changed its network affiliation from Mutual to ABC in 1969.{{cite book|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1969/B%20All%20Radio%201969%20BC%20YB.pdf|title=1969 Broadcasting Yearbook|place=Washington, DC|publisher=Broadcasting Publications|year=1969|page=B-25|access-date=March 29, 2020|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}}

Royal Bear Broadcasters sold KGNU and Stockton station KWG to Barnes Enterprises for $900,000 in June 1969, and KGNU's call sign changed to KEGL on July 1, 1969.{{citation|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1969/1969-07-07-BC.pdf|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting|date=July 7, 1969|page=46|volume=77|issue=1|access-date=March 29, 2020|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}} KEGL had a full country and western music format until April 1971, when Barnes changed the station schedule to have religious music in mornings and Spanish programming in evenings.{{citation|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1971/1971-04-19-BC.pdf|title=Changing Formats|work=Broadcasting|date=April 19, 1971|page=27|volume=80|issue=16|access-date=March 29, 2020|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}} In March 1972, Barnes sold KEGL to Cascade Broadcasting for $316,000.{{citation|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1972/1972-03-27-BC.pdf|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting|date=March 27, 1972|volume=82|issue=13|access-date=March 29, 2020|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}}

KEGL became KNTA on July 1, 1976. By 1980, KNTA broadcast exclusively in Spanish.{{cite book|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979/C-All%20%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201979-12.pdf|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979|place=Washington, DC|publisher=Broadcasting Publications|year=1979|page=C-29|access-date=April 4, 2020|via=AmericanRadioHistory.com}} In 1986, KNTA began broadcasting Oakland A's games in Spanish.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107003519/http://www.amaurypigonzalez.com/id14.html|archive-date=January 7, 2009|title=There is no doubt, the American League is superior|last=Pi-Gonzalez|first=Amaury|url=http://www.amaurypigonzalez.com/id14.html|access-date=April 4, 2020|url-status=dead}}

In February 1997, the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation purchased KNTA from Imperio Enterprises (formerly Cascade Broadcasting) for $2.2 million.{{citation|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/97-OCR/BC-1997-02-10-OCR-Page-0068.pdf|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=February 10, 1997|page=68|access-date=April 4, 2020}} After changing from Spanish to an Asian ethnic format, KNTA became KVVN on October 17, 1997.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url= https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=68841&Callsign=KZSF68841|work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=November 16, 2023}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021120235846/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1997/10/13/newscolumn6.html|archive-date=November 20, 2002|last=Goldfisher|first=Alastair|title= KNTA dials up new format |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1997/10/13/newscolumn6.html|date=October 13, 1997|work=Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal|access-date=April 4, 2020|url-status=dead}}

After Inner City Broadcasting filed for bankruptcy, it sold KVVF and Berkeley station KVTO to YMF Media, a company backed by Magic Johnson and other investors in 2012. YMF Media sold both stations to Pham Radio Communications in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.rbr.com/one-time-inner-city-bay-area-combo-sold/|title=One-time Inner City Bay-area combo sold|work=Radio and Television Business Report|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=April 4, 2020}}

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