KVEN (1450 AM, "SportsRadio 1450") is a sports radio station licensed to Ventura, California, carrying the national CBS Sports Network but no locally-originated programming. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 1,000 watts.
Video KVEN
History
KVEN first signed on in 1948 and aired a variety of programming during its first four decades.
In 1990, KVEN adopted a news/talk format. Host Phil Hendrie broadcast his show locally weekday afternoons from 1 to 4PM at the KVEN studio. A notable episode was a 5-way on-air round-table chat with Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and George H. W. Bush on November 4, 1991, the opening day of the Reagan Library. Overall, the station was one of Southern California's top 20 rated radio stations during the 1990s.
In December 1999, McDonald Media Group sold its eight stations, including KVEN, to Cumulus Media for $41 million; this marked the Cumulus' debut on the Pacific coast.
For a considerable part of the 2000s, KVEN was an oldies radio station. Originally formatted by radio veteran Lee Marshall, it initially adopted the branding "1450 The Boomer" in 2000, later transitioning to a syndicated feed called The True Oldies Channel. The station aired the syndicated Wolfman Jack Radio Program, and, on Sunday nights, the Dr. Demento show, but both shows ceased airing upon the switchover to "True Oldies". KVEN was affiliated with ABC Radio's True Oldies Channel from June 23, 2008 until its conversion to an ESPN radio affiliate.
On February 1, 2011, KVEN flipped to a sports format with programming from ESPN Radio, which it carried until CBS Sports Radio programming was adopted on January 3, 2013.
KVEN broadcasts major sporting events, most featuring Los Angeles-area teams. KVEN serves as the Ventura County home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, while during the NCAA football season the station broadcasts University of Southern California Trojans football games.
Maps KVEN
References
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KVEN
- Radio-Locator Information on KVEN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KVEN
Source of article : Wikipedia
0 Comments