KRVN (AM)

KRVN

City	Lexington, Nebraska
Broadcast area	Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings-Cozad-Gothenburg
Branding	Rural Radio Rural Voice
Frequency	880 kHz
First air date	1951
Format	News Talk Information
Power	50,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	48002
Transmitter coordinates	40°30′57″N 99°23′47.″W / 40.51583°N 99.39639°W / 40.51583; -99.39639
Callsign meaning	K Rural Voice of Nebraska
Owner	Nebraska Rural Radio Association
Sister stations	KRVN-FM
Website	krvn.com

KRVN 880 is an AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Its operators launched a sister music station with a similar callsign, KRVN-FM (River 93.1), in 1962.^[1] Licensed to Lexington, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the central and western Nebraska area.^[2] The station features agricultural news programming.^[3]

KRVN is one of two 50,000-watt stations in Nebraska, the other being KFAB in Omaha. It is the second-most powerful station in the state; unlike KFAB, it is not a clear-channel, Class A station, but it does operate on a clear-channel frequency, of which WCBS in New York City is the dominant station. KRVN broadcasts from a four-tower antenna array located in the middle of cornfields near Holdrege, Nebraska. During the day, tower #3 radiates the transmitter's full power that covers almost all of Nebraska, as well as more than half of Kansas and northeastern Colorado. At night, power is fed to all four towers to provide a directional signal aimed to the west to protect WCBS in New York City. Even with this arrangement, it is able to beam classic country music to western Nebraska, northwestern Kansas and northeastern Colorado.

The KRVN network is unique in that it is owned and operated by a cooperative of farmers and ranchers, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association. It was founded in 1948, opening its first station, KRVN, in 1951.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 "About Us". Rural Radio Network. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
1 2 "KRVN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Programming Schedule". Nebraska Rural Radio Association. Retrieved November 27, 2008.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KRVN

Radio-Locator Information on KRVN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KRVN
About KRVN – Includes a timeline of developments of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association's network

Nebraska Rural Radio Association

Stations	KNEB and KNEB-FM (Scottsbluff) KRVN and KRVN-FM (Lexington) KTIC and KTIC-FM (West Point)

Website krvn.com kneb.com kticradio.com

Radio stations in the Grand Island-Hastings-Kearney, Nebraska market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 89.1 89.7 90.1 93.1 94.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.9 100.3 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.9 105.9 107.7

By AM frequency	750 880 1060 1230 1340 1430 1460 1550

By callsign	K209CX KCNT KCVG KGFW KHAS KHNE-FM KICS KKJK KKPR-FM KLIQ KLNB KMMJ KNLV KNLV-FM KQKY KRGI KRGI-FM KRGY KRNY KROA KROR KRVN KRVN-FM KSYZ-FM KXPN KZEN

Defunct	KGIA-LP (92.9 FM)

Nearby radio markets Lincoln Northeast Nebraska North Platte Omaha–Council Bluffs Salina–Manhattan West and Northwest Kansas Yankton–Vermillion See also List of radio stations in Nebraska

Radio stations in western and northwestern Kansas (Goodland, Great Bend, Hays, et al)

By FM frequency	88.9 89.7 90.5 91.7 91.9 91.9 93.5 95.9 96.9 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.3 105.7 106.7 106.9 107.7 107.9

By AM frequency	550 730 790 880 990 1190 1400 1510 1530 1590

By VHF frequency	162.500

By callsign	KAYS KBDA KBGL KCCC-LP KFIX KFRM KGCR KHAZ KHOK KJLS KKCI KKDT KKQY KLOE KNNS KPRD KQNK KQNK-FM KRDQ KRMR KRSL KRSL-FM KRVN KTCC KVGB KVGB-FM KVSV KWBI KWGB KWN59 KXXX KZAN KZNA KZRS

Nearby radio markets Denver–Boulder Grand Island–Hastings–Kearney North Platte Salina–Manhattan Southwest Kansas Wichita See also List of radio stations in Kansas

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Nebraska

Stations	KFAB – Omaha KFOR – Lincoln KGFW – Kearney KJSK – Columbus KLIN – Lincoln KODY – North Platte KOIL – Omaha KOLT – Scottsbluff KOTK – Omaha KTTT – Columbus WJAG – Norfolk

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Nebraska

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