KQV
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| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh metropolitan area |
| Branding | KQV AM1410 |
| Slogan | All News/All The Time You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the globe. |
| Frequency | 1410 kHz |
| First air date |
1919 (as 8ZAE) January 9, 1922[1] (as KQV) |
| Format | News radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 8445 |
| Callsign meaning | "King of the Quaker Valley" |
| Affiliations |
ABC News Radio WTAE-TV |
| Owner | Calvary, Inc. (Dickey family) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kqv.com |
KQV is an AM radio station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The only radio station owned by Calvary, Inc., it broadcasts at 1410 kHz, with 5,000 watts of power day and night. The station is one of four in the market that use call letters starting with "K," a type of call sign not normally found east of the Mississippi River. KQV broadcasts an all-news format on weekdays and also carries Penn State University men's basketball.
KQV was one of Pittsburgh's five original AM stations, signing on as amateur station "8ZAE" on November 19, 1919, predating KDKA which was granted the distinction of being, as KDKA claims, the world's first commercially licensed radio station, on November 2, 1920. KQV did not receive a commercial license until January 9, 1922, despite having started transmitting three years earlier. KQV's call letters reportedly stand for "King of the Quaker Valley".
KQV enjoys grandfathered status as one of only a handful of stations east of the Mississippi River that have call letters beginning with K. Four of them are in Pittsburgh, the others being KDKA (AM), KDKA-TV and KDKA-FM. Other stations east of the Mississippi with call letters beginning with "K" are KYW and KYW-TV in Philadelphia, KFIZ in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, KTGG Spring Arbor, Michigan, KYAI McKee, Kentucky and KJWP-TV in Wilmington, Delaware. (Technically, there are additional stations just east of the Mississippi with K call letters, although they are in media markets or states which straddle the river and have stations with both K and W call signs.)
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