KVAN (AM)

For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 910 AM known as KVAN from 1941-1959, see KMTT. For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 1480 AM known as KVAN from 1967-1980, see KBMS. For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 1550 AM known as KVAN from 1981-1989 and 1991-2003, see KKOV. For the radio station in Pilot Rock, Oregon at 92.1 FM known as KVAN-FM from 2007-2010, see KUMA-FM.

KVAN (1560 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Religious format. Located near Burbank, Washington, United States, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is owned by Centro Familiar Cristiano.

KVAN

Burbank, Washington
Broadcast area	Tri-Cities
Frequency	1560 kHz
Programming
Format	Spanish Religious (Family Oriented)
Ownership
Owner	Centro Familiar Cristiano
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	132714
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts day 700 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	46°10′11″N 119°01′32″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

Between 1967 and 1979, the call letters KVAN were assigned to a progressive rock station located in Vancouver, Washington, operating on 1480 kHz. At first a daytime-only station, it began nighttime transmissions in 1975. Disk jockeys during this period included Gloria Johnson, Michael Deal, Iris Harrison, Bob Ancheta "The Big B.A.", Robin Banks, Dave Lind, Jeff Clark, Les Friedman, Andy Brown; Willie Nelson, who hosted The Western Express, Bruce Funkhouser, Chuck Scott, Paul Mitchell, Alan Mason, Bill St. James, Rob Sample, Ron Maita, Larry Scott, Kevin West, Sleepy John, Valerie Ring and Lowell King. Bob moved on to KGON 92.3 for 18 years with stops at KKRH and KINK 101.9 where he hosted the Sunday Night Blues Room for 13 years before retiring in 2011. He currently is the founder and owner of <internetjock.com> A voice over company in Beaverton, Oregon.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 132714 (KVAN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KVAN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database