First air date 1948 Class B Callsign meaning K VenTurA City of license Ventura Branding News Talk 1590 KVTA | Power 5,000 watts 24/7 Facility ID 7746 Frequency 1590 kHz Format Talk radio | |
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Broadcast area Ventura County, California
Santa Barbara County, California Owner Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC Area Ventura County, California, Santa Barbara County, California Slogan Ventura County's News, Traffic, Weather & Sports Station | ||
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For a history of the 1520 signal in the Ventura-Oxnard metro, on which KVTA broadcast on until March 2013, see KKZZ
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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. 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)