KVIN
| City | Ceres, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Modesto, California |
| Branding | The Vine |
| Slogan | Vintage Oldies |
| Frequency | 920 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 92.3 K222BX (Modesto) |
| First air date | October 17, 1963 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power |
500 watts day 2,500 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 12062 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
37°35′49″N 121°4′15″W / 37.59694°N 121.07083°W (day) 37°37′55″N 120°45′6″W / 37.63194°N 120.75167°W (night) |
| Callsign meaning | The Vine |
| Former callsigns | KLOC |
| Owner | Threshold Communications |
| Sister stations | KRVR-FM 105.5 Modesto, CA |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kvin.net |
KVIN (920 AM and 92.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Ceres, California, USA, it serves the Modesto, Stockton and Merced area. The station is currently owned by Threshold Communications and formerly featured programming provided from Jones Radio Network and was an affiliate of Dial Global's America's Best Music until December 2013. All programming is now local 24/7 and features oldies from the 1950s and 1960s, mixed with some of America's biggest Adult Standards. Saturday nights a big band show is featured, "Swing Thing" hosted by Fred Hall. KVIN and sister station KRVR are Modesto's only locally owned radio stations.[1] KVIN is one of very few AM radio stations that increase power at night, expanding coverage toward Sacramento area and parts of San Francisco Bay Area. KVIN started as KLOC in 1963, by Country music artist Chester Smith.
References
- ↑ "KVIN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KVIN
- Radio-Locator Information on KVIN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KVIN
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K222BX
- Radio-Locator information on K222BX