KVTA

For the airport near Newark, Ohio, assigned ICAO code KVTA, see Newark-Heath Airport.
KVTA
City Ventura, California
Broadcast area Ventura County, California
Santa Barbara County, California
Branding News Talk 1590 KVTA
Slogan Ventura County's News, Traffic, Weather & Sports Station
Frequency 1590 kHz
First air date 1948
Format Talk radio
Power 5,000 watts unlimited
Class B
Facility ID 7746
Transmitter coordinates 34°14′13.00″N 119°12′9.00″W / 34.2369444°N 119.2025000°W / 34.2369444; -119.2025000
Callsign meaning K VenTurA
Former callsigns KUNX (1995-2013)
KOGO (1985-1993)[1]
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Westwood One
TheBlaze Network
Salem Radio Network
Owner Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC
Sister stations KCAQ, KFYV, KKZZ, KOCP, KUNX
Website kvta.com

For a history of the 1520 signal in the Ventura-Oxnard metro, on which KVTA broadcast on until March 2013, see KKZZ

KVTA (1590 kHz) is an AM radio station airing a Talk radio format. Licensed to Ventura, California, it serves Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. The station is owned by Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC. It broadcasts with 5000 watts day and night. Its transmitter is near the Santa Clara River off the Ventura Freeway.

Programming

KVTA airs a local wake-up program on weekdays from 5 to 9 a.m., called the "KVTA Morning Show." The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows, with Rush Limbaugh at 9 a.m., Sean Hannity at noon, Glenn Beck at 3 p.m., Jim Bohannon at 8 p.m., Coast to Coast AM with George Noory at 10 p.m. and Bill Bennett at 2 a.m.

Weekends include shows on money, health, real estate, computers and travel. Syndicated shows include Kim Komando and Rudy Maxa. Some hours are paid Brokered programming and some weekday shows are repeated on weekends.

History

KVTA first went on the air on June 1, 1947.[2] In the 1970s, the station was KBBQ, airing a Country music format and serving as the NBC radio affiliate for Ventura County. For many years the 1590 signal broadcast the Spanish language Radio Formula news/talk format. The Radio Formula format switched to Gold Coast-owned KKZZ early in 2013. In February, 2013 it switched to a simulcast of nearby KVTA-1520; on March 6, 2013, the call letters between the two stations were exchanged, with the KVTA calls moving to 1590 and the KUNX calls replacing them on 1520.

(KVTA's logo under previous 1520 AM frequency)

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