KVTA

For the airport near Newark, Ohio, assigned ICAO code KVTA, see Newark-Heath Airport.

KVTA

City	Ventura, California
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 unlimited
Class	B
Facility ID	7746
Transmitter coordinates	34°14′13.00″N 119°12′9.00″W / 34.2369444°N 119.2025000°W / 34.2369444; -119.2025000
Callsign meaning	K VenTurA
Former callsigns	KUNX (1995-2013) KOGO (1985-1993)^[1]
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

For a history of the 1520 signal in the Ventura-Oxnard metro, on which KVTA broadcast on until March 2013, see KKZZ

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.

Programming

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.

History

KVTA first went on the air on June 1, 1947.^[2] 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.

Previous logo

(KVTA's logo under previous 1520 AM frequency)

External links

FCC History Cards for KVTA

Query the FCC's AM station database for KVTA

Radio-Locator Information on KVTA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KVTA

References

Radio stations in the Ventura County, California market

By AM frequency	670 910 1070 1400 1450 1520 1590

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.1 92.7 93.7 94.7 95.1 95.9 96.7 97.5 98.3 99.1 99.7 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.3 107.1 107.9 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KUHD-LD/Rel)

By callsign	KBBY-FM KCAQ KCLU-FM KCRU KDAR KDB KDRW KDSC KFYV KHAY KIRN KNJR-LP KJAI KKZZ KLJR-FM KMLA KMRO KOCC-LP KOCP KOXR KOXC-LP KRRF KSSC KTWV KTYD KUNX KVEN KVTA KVYB KWSV-LP KXLM KYGA KYRA K280DT

Defunct	KCVE-LP/92.3

Nearby radio markets Bakersfield High Desert/Eastern Sierra Los Angeles Santa Barbara Santa Maria-Lompoc See also List of radio stations in California

News/Talk radio stations in the state of California

All-News	KCBS – San Francisco KFRC-FM San Francisco KNX – Los Angeles

News & Talk	KABC – Los Angeles KAHI – Auburn KCAA – Loma Linda KCBQ – San Diego KERN – Bakersfield KFBK – Sacramento KFBK-FM – Pollock Pines KFI – Los Angeles KFMB – San Diego KGO - San Francisco KGEO – Bakersfield KGIG-LP – Salida KINS-FM – Blue Lake KION – Salinas KMJ – Fresno KMJ-FM – Fresno KMPH – Modesto KNCO – Grass Valley KNEW – San Francisco KNWH – Yucca Valley KNWQ – Palm Springs KNWZ – Coachella KNZR – Bakersfield KNZR-FM – Shafter KOGO – San Diego KOSS – Lancaster KOWL – South Lake Tahoe KPAY – Chico KPRL – Paso Robles KQMS – Redding KQMS-FM – Shasta Lake KRLA – Glendale KSCO – Santa Cruz KSFO – San Francisco KSIZ – Weed KSMA – Santa Maria KSRO – Santa Rosa KSTE – Rancho Cordova KSUE – Susanville KSZL – Barstow KTIE – San Bernardino KTIP – Porterville KTKZ – Sacramento KTMS – Santa Barbara KUHL – Santa Maria KUKI – Ukiah KUTY – Palmdale KVEC – San Luis Obispo KVLI – Lake Isabella KVML – Sonora KVON – Napa KYOS – Merced

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

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