Radio station in Prescott Valley, Arizona
KQNA (1130 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Prescott Valley, Arizona. It has a talk radio format and is owned by the Prescott Valley Broadcasting Co. (d/b/a Arizona's Hometown Radio Group).[2][3][4] The studios and offices are on Karicio Lane in Prescott.
By day, KQNA is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional.[5] But 1130 AM is a clear channel frequency. So to avoid interference to other stations, KQNA greatly reduces power at night to only four watts. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 10-watt K260BL on 99.9 MHz came into service in 2009; it is aimed at downtown Prescott and broadcasts from southwest of the city. 250-watt K238CB on 95.5 broadcasts from Mingus Mountain toward Prescott Valley and Cottonwood and was acquired from Advance Ministries in 2016.
Programming
Most of KQNA's programs are nationally syndicated conservative talk shows hosted by Brian Kilmeade, Dennis Prager, Sebastian Gorka, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Brandon Tatum, Hugh Hewitt and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. On weekdays, a local hour known as Talk of the Town is heard at 4 p.m. It features hosts from Chino Valley on Mondays, Prescott Valley on Tuesdays, Prescott on Wednesdays and Cottonwood/The Roundtable on Thursdays.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, gardening and home repair, as well as repeats of weekday shows. On Saturdays, Hammer Time, is hosted by Sandy Griffis for the Yavapai County Contractors Association. And The Mountain Gardener is produced by Ken Lain at Watters Garden Center.[citation needed] Weekend hosts include Mike Gallagher, Bill Cunningham and Red Eye Radio. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
KQNA carries live sports including Arizona Cardinals football, Arizona Coyotes hockey and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball.
History
The station signed on the air on September 11, 1986; 37 years ago (September 11, 1986).[6] While it was still a construction permit, before it was built, it got the call sign KLKY, which stood for the word "Lucky." It was owned by Lucky Communications, with R. David Carson as the president. The station was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. It was an affiliate of the Satellite Music Network (SMN), carrying an adult standards and middle of the road (MOR) format known as "Stardust."
In 1991, it changed its call letters to KWDS. The station was assigned the KQNA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 12, 1994.[1] It also was given permission by the FCC to broadcast around the clock but at a much lower power after sunset.
KQNA is a member of the Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Cottonwood-Verde Valley and Flagstaff Chambers of Commerce as well as a member of the Prescott Downtown Partnership.[citation needed]
