KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format.[3]

KANA
Frequency580 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct (formerly Classic hits)
Ownership
Owner
  • Ted Austin
  • (Southwest Montana Media LLC)
History
First air date
First license granted October 24, 1946
Call sign meaning
ANAconda[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID668
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (day)
197 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
46°07′43″N 112°55′25″W / 46.12861°N 112.92361°W / 46.12861; -112.92361
Translator(s)100.7 K264CZ (Butte)
Links
Public license information

The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.

The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[4]

Ownership

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In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000.[5]

Butte Broadcasting donated KANA to A.W.A.R.E., Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective August 3, 2012.

Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.

On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Nelson, Bob. "Call Letter Origins: The List". Old Radio Archives. Archived from the original on 2016-02-18.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KANA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ^ "Deals 12/11/2006". Broadcasting & Cable. December 11, 2006.
  6. ^ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
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