This article is about the radio station. For other uses, see Kana (disambiguation).

KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format.[2]

The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.

The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[3]

Ownership

In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000.[4]

Butte Broadcasting donated KANA to A.W.A.R.E., Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective August 3, 2012.

Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.

On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day.[5]

References

  1. ^ Nelson, Bob. "Call Letter Origins: The List". Old Radio Archives. Archived from the original on 2016-02-18.
  2. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. ^ "Deals 12/11/2006". Broadcasting & Cable. December 11, 2006.
  5. ^ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

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