KRVN (AM)
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| City of license | Lexington, Nebraska |
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| Broadcast area | Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings-Cozad-Gothenburg |
| Branding | Rural Radio Rural Voice |
| Frequency | 880 kHz |
| First air date | 1951 |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 48002 |
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| Callsign meaning | K Rural Voice of Nebraska |
| Owner | Nebraska Rural Radio Association |
| Sister stations | KRVN-FM |
| Website | krvn.com |
KRVN 880 is an AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Its operators launched a sister music station with a similar callsign, KRVN-FM (River 93.1), in 1962.[1] Licensed to Lexington, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the central and western Nebraska area.[2] The station features agricultural news programming.[3]
KRVN is one of two 50,000-watt stations in Nebraska, the other being KFAB in Omaha. It is the second-most powerful station in the state; unlike KFAB, it is not a clear-channel, Class A station, but it does operate on a clear-channel frequency, of which WCBS in New York City is the dominant station. KRVN broadcasts from a four-tower antenna array located in the middle of cornfields near Holdrege, Nebraska. During the day, tower #3 radiates the transmitter's full power that covers almost all of Nebraska, as well as more than half of Kansas and northeastern Colorado. At night, power is fed to all four towers to provide a directional signal aimed to the west to protect WCBS in New York City. Even with this arrangement, it is able to beam classic country music to western Nebraska, northwestern Kansas and northeastern Colorado.
The KRVN network is unique in that it is owned and operated by a cooperative of farmers and ranchers, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association. It was founded in 1948, opening its first station, KRVN, in 1951.[1][2]
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KRVN
- Radio-Locator Information on KRVN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KRVN
- About KRVN – Includes a timeline of developments of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association's network
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