Broadcast area | Albuquerque metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 1310 kHz |
Branding | KTNN |
Programming | |
Format | KTNN (Simulcast) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Navajo Nation |
History | |
First air date | July 15, 1985[1] |
Former call signs | KXAK (1985–1987) KIVA (1987–1988, 1992–1999) KZRQ (1988–1992) KBTK (1999–2003) |
Call sign meaning | KK News Source |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 7050 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,000 watts days 82 watts nights |
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Public license information |
KKNS (1310 AM) is an American radio station licensed to Corrales, New Mexico, serving the Albuquerque metropolitan area. It is owned by The Navajo Nation and broadcasts talk and music programs in English and in the Navajo language.
By day, it is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. But to reduce interference at night to other stations on 1310 AM, it reduces power to only 82 watts. The transmitter is on Montbel Place in Albuquerque.[3]