KVNS

KVNS
City	Brownsville, Texas
Broadcast area	McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen
Branding	Fox Sports Radio 1700
Frequency	1700 kHz
First air date	March 6, 1998
Format	Sports
Power	8,800 watts day 880 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	87142
Transmitter coordinates	25°56′57.00″N 97°33′15.00″W / 25.9491667°N 97.5541667°W / 25.9491667; -97.5541667Coordinates: 25°56′57.00″N 97°33′15.00″W / 25.9491667°N 97.5541667°W / 25.9491667; -97.5541667
Former callsigns	KQXX (1998-2004)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One
Owner	iHeartMedia (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KHKZ, KQXX-FM, KTEX, KBFM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KVNS Online

KVNS (1700 AM, Fox Sports Radio 1700) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.^[1] Licensed to Brownsville, Texas, USA, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia and features programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.^[2] It shares studios with its sister stations, KHKZ, KQXX-FM, KTEX, and KBFM, located close to the KRGV-TV studios in Weslaco, Texas, while its transmitter is located near Brownsville, Texas.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KQXX on March 6, 1998. On February 26, 2004, the station changed its call sign to the current KVNS.^[3] On February 3, 2004, the station was sold to Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, and on February 17, 2009, the station was sold to Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses.^[4]

On September 17, 2012, KVNS changed their format from classic hits to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio.

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References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
↑ "KVNS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
↑ "kvns Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
↑ "FCC Application". Federal Communications Commission. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KVNS

Radio-Locator Information on KVNS

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KVNS

Radio stations in the McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen market

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By AM frequency	710 840 910 1210 1240 1290 1530 1580 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.550

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Sports Radio Stations in the state of Texas

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