The station features agricultural news programming during the day and classic country at night.[3]
KRVN is one of two 50,000-watt stations in Nebraska, the other being KFAB in Omaha. It is the second-most powerful station in the state; unlike KFAB, it is not a clear-channel, Class A station, but it does operate on a clear-channel frequency, on which WCBS in New York City is the dominant station. KRVN broadcasts from a four-tower antenna array located in the middle of cornfields near Holdrege, Nebraska. KRVN is Nebraska's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.
Due to its transmitter power and central Nebraska's flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity), KRVN boasts one of the largest coverage areas in the Western United States. During the day, tower #3 radiates the transmitter's full power to almost all of Nebraska's densely populated area, as well as more than half of Kansas and northeastern Colorado. At night, power is fed to all four towers to provide a directional signal aimed to the west to protect WCBS. This results in the second-largest city within its coverage area, Kearney, only getting a grade B signal; a translator at 106.9 FM is used to make up for this shortfall. Even with this arrangement, it is able to cover western Nebraska, northwestern Kansas, northeastern Colorado, and most of the Dakotas.
The KRVN network is unique in that it is owned and operated by a cooperative of farmers and ranchers, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association. It was founded in 1948, opening its first station, KRVN, in 1951.[4][2] It was originally located at 1010 AM, broadcasting with 10,000 watts. In 1972, it moved to its current frequency and boosted its transmitting power to 50,000 watts; the lower dial position and stronger transmitter enabled it to serve more of central Nebraska's farmers.[5]
The NRRA launched a sister music station with a similar callsign, KRVN-FM (River 93.1), in 1962.[4]
krvn, krvn, radio, station, lexington, nebraska, serving, most, rural, central, western, part, state, krvnlexington, nebraskabroadcast, areagrand, island, kearney, hastings, cozad, gothenburgfrequency880, khzbranding880, krvn, fmprogrammingformatnews, talk, cl. KRVN 880 AM is a radio station in Lexington Nebraska and serving most of the rural central and western part of the state 2 KRVNLexington NebraskaBroadcast areaGrand Island Kearney Hastings Cozad GothenburgFrequency880 kHzBranding880 KRVN 106 9 FM 98 5 FMProgrammingFormatNews talk classic countryOwnershipOwnerNebraska Rural Radio AssociationSister stationsKRVN FM KAMIHistoryFirst air date1951 73 years ago 1951 Former frequencies1010 kHz 1951 1972 Call sign meaning Rural Voice of Nebraska Technical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID48002ClassBPower50 000 wattsTransmitter coordinates40 30 57 N 99 23 47 W 40 51583 N 99 39639 W 40 51583 99 39639Translator s 98 5 K253CS Grand Island 99 7 K259DL Burwell 106 9 K295BI Kearney LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebcastListen LiveWebsitekrvn com The station features agricultural news programming during the day and classic country at night 3 KRVN is one of two 50 000 watt stations in Nebraska the other being KFAB in Omaha It is the second most powerful station in the state unlike KFAB it is not a clear channel Class A station but it does operate on a clear channel frequency on which WCBS in New York City is the dominant station KRVN broadcasts from a four tower antenna array located in the middle of cornfields near Holdrege Nebraska KRVN is Nebraska s primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System Due to its transmitter power and central Nebraska s flat land with near perfect ground conductivity KRVN boasts one of the largest coverage areas in the Western United States During the day tower 3 radiates the transmitter s full power to almost all of Nebraska s densely populated area as well as more than half of Kansas and northeastern Colorado At night power is fed to all four towers to provide a directional signal aimed to the west to protect WCBS This results in the second largest city within its coverage area Kearney only getting a grade B signal a translator at 106 9 FM is used to make up for this shortfall Even with this arrangement it is able to cover western Nebraska northwestern Kansas northeastern Colorado and most of the Dakotas KRVN is a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers radio network The KRVN network is unique in that it is owned and operated by a cooperative of farmers and ranchers the Nebraska Rural Radio Association It was founded in 1948 opening its first station KRVN in 1951 4 2 It was originally located at 1010 AM broadcasting with 10 000 watts In 1972 it moved to its current frequency and boosted its transmitting power to 50 000 watts the lower dial position and stronger transmitter enabled it to serve more of central Nebraska s farmers 5 The NRRA launched a sister music station with a similar callsign KRVN FM River 93 1 in 1962 4 References edit Facility Technical Data for KRVN Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission a b KRVN Facility Record United States Federal Communications Commission audio division Programming Schedule Nebraska Rural Radio Association Archived from the original on November 21 2008 Retrieved November 27 2008 a b About Us Rural Radio Network Archived from the original on January 23 2012 Retrieved March 11 2012 NRRA timelineExternal links editKRVN in the FCC AM station database KRVN in Nielsen Audio s AM station database FCC History Cards for KRVN About KRVN Includes a timeline of developments of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association s network nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Nebraska is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KRVN AM amp oldid 1221154113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
