KVTA
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| City | Ventura, California |
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| Broadcast area |
Ventura County, California Santa Barbara County, California |
| Branding | News Talk 1590 KVTA |
| Slogan | Ventura County's News, Traffic, Weather & Sports Station |
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts 24/7 |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 7746 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°14′13.00″N 119°12′9.00″W / 34.2369444°N 119.2025000°W |
| Callsign meaning | K VenTurA |
| Former callsigns | KUNX (1995-2013) KOGO (1985-1993) |
| Affiliations |
Premiere Networks Westwood One TheBlaze Network Salem Radio Network |
| Owner | Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC |
| Sister stations | KCAQ, KFYV, KKZZ, KOCP, KUNX |
| Website | kvta.com |
KVTA (1590 kHz) is an AM radio station airing a Talk radio format. Licensed to Ventura, California, it serves Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. The station is owned by Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC. It broadcasts with 5000 watts day and night. Its transmitter is near the Santa Clara River off the Ventura Freeway.
KVTA airs a local wake-up program on weekdays from 5 to 9 a.m., called the "KVTA Morning Show." The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows, with Rush Limbaugh at 9 a.m., Sean Hannity at noon, Glenn Beck at 3 p.m., Jim Bohannon at 8 p.m., Coast to Coast AM with George Noory at 10 p.m. and Bill Bennett at 2 a.m.
Weekends include shows on money, health, real estate, computers and travel. Syndicated shows include Kim Komando and Rudy Maxa. Some hours are paid Brokered programming and some weekday shows are repeated on weekends.
KVTA first went on the air on June 1, 1947. In the 1970s, the station was KBBQ, airing a Country music format and serving as the NBC radio affiliate for Ventura County. For many years the 1590 signal broadcast the Spanish language Radio Formula news/talk format. The Radio Formula format switched to Gold Coast-owned KKZZ early in 2013. In February, 2013 it switched to a simulcast of nearby KVTA-1520; on March 6, 2013, the call letters between the two stations were exchanged, with the KVTA calls moving to 1590 and the KUNX calls replacing them on 1520.
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