KAAA
Radio station in Kingman, Arizona
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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.[2]
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| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
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| Branding | KAAA fm 97.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News–talk |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. |
| KZZZ | |
| History | |
First air date | October 17, 1949 |
Former call signs | KGAN (1949–1956) |
Call sign meaning | Double meaning of "A to Z" and both stations standing for Arizona's postal abbreviation |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55492 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°9′49″N 114°4′12″W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | talkatoz.com |
History
KGAN signed on October 7, 1949.[3] It broadcast with 250 watts on 1230 kHz.[4] 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;[5] the new owners changed the call letters to the present KAAA on February 19, 1956.[4] Stone bought out Holbrook two years later, and in 1963, the station was authorized to increase daytime power to 1,000 watts.[4] 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.[6] 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,[7] KAAA broadcast a mixed Top 40-country format.[8]
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.[9] Cameron currently maintains studios in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City.