KEND (106.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Roswell, New Mexico, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1990, is currently owned by the Pecos Valley Broadcasting Company.
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Roswell's Talk FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pecos Valley Broadcasting Company |
| KPZE, KSVP, KTZA | |
| History | |
First air date | 1990 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60059 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 65,000 watts |
| HAAT | 41 meters (135 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°23′05″N 104°43′22″W / 33.38472°N 104.72278°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
KEND broadcasts a news and talk format featuring syndicated personalities Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Clyde Lewis, and George Noory.
History
editKEND previously had an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM".[2] The station also aired an active rock format as "The Mix" from 2003 to 2007. In the spring of 2015 KEND switched to news/talk, shortly after KBIM AM 910/93.7 had dropped the format for rhythmic CHR in April; most of KBIM's syndicated programming was picked up by KEND.
The station was assigned the KEND call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on January 25, 1990.[3]
The call letters KEND previously belonged to 1590 AM in Lubbock, Texas, now KDAV.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KEND". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
External links
edit- KEND official website
- Pecos Valley Broadcasting
- Facility details for Facility ID 60059 (KEND) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KEND in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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