KANA
KANA (580 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station is owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It airs a classic hits music format.[2]
| City | Anaconda, Montana | 
|---|---|
| Frequency | 580 kHz | 
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits | 
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ted Austin (Southwest Montana Media LLC) | 
| History | |
| First air date | 1980 (first license granted October 24, 1946) | 
| Call sign meaning | ANAconda[1] | 
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 668 | 
| Class | D | 
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 197 watts (night) | 
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°07′43″N 112°55′25″W | 
| Translator(s) | 100.7 K264CZ (Butte) | 
The station's transmitter site is off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.
The station was assigned the KANA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[3]
Ownership
    
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 3 station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000.[4]
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.
References
    
- Nelson, Bob. "Call Letter Origins: The List". Old Radio Archives. Archived from the original on 2016-02-18.
- "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "Deals 12/11/2006". Broadcasting & Cable. December 11, 2006.
External links
    
- KANA in the FCC AM station database
- KANA on Radio-Locator
- KANA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database