KDMR
| Broadcast area | Kansas City metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1190 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Silent |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
Former call signs | KAYQ, KJLA, KFEZ |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 4373 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°3′49″N 94°30′37″W / 39.06361°N 94.51028°W |
KPHN (1190 AM) is a radio station that is now silent. Licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, USA, the station served the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Walt Disney Company.[1]
History
The station went on the air as KAYQ, and played country music for several years.
On December 20, 1978, the station changed its call sign to KJLA under Owner/General Manager Wilton "Chip" Osborn, and played 24-hour disco music until that music phenomenon faded in 1980. Even the newscasts had a disco beat in the background. KJLA switched to "The Music of Your Life" in the fall of 1981, and dropped all local newscasts - yet several months later, the station received a national Associated Press award for its coverage of the deadly Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse.
On October 12, 1992, the station's call letters were changed to KFEZ, and on March 3, 1997, were changed again to the current KPHN.[2] Prior to the Radio Disney format, KPHN broadcast Business News. On July 20, 2002, at 2 PM, Radio Disney made its debut in Kansas City, with the first song being "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne. In June 2013, Disney put KPHN and six other Radio Disney stations in medium markets up for sale, in order to refocus the network's broadcast distribution on top-25 markets.[3]
On July 31, 2013, KPHN dropped the Radio Disney affiliation and went silent.[4] In April, Disney filed to sell KPHN to the Catholic Radio Network (a Missouri Non-Profit Corporation), owner of KEXS.[5]
References
- ^ "KPHN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "KPHN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Graser, Marc (June 4, 2013). "Radio Disney Stations Up for Sale (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- ^ Notification of Suspension of Operations KPHN - United States Federal Communications Commission
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission. April 10, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
External links
- Template:AMQ
- Template:AML
- KPHN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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