KASA (AM)

KASA
kHz;
Branding	La Indiscreta FM
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Defunct, was classic regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	KASA Radio Hogar, Inc.
History
First air date	January 6, 1966; 58 years ago
Last air date	May 8, 2024; 39 days ago
Call sign meaning	Derived from "casa" ("house" in Spanish)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	33451
Class	D
Power	10,000 watts (day); 19 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	33°22′36.16″N 112°5′27.53″W / 33.3767111°N 112.0909806°W
Translator(s)	106.7 K294CW (Phoenix)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.laindiscretafm.com

KASA (1540 kHz) was a

studios

are on West Baseline Road in Phoenix.

By day, KASA was powered at 10,000

FM translator K294CW at 106.7 MHz in Phoenix.^[4]

History

KASA signed on January 6, 1966. It originally was a

daytimer station, powered at 10,000 watts but required to go off the air at night. The call sign KASA had once been assigned to a radio station in Elk City, Oklahoma.^[5] It was a Christian radio station, the second in Phoenix behind KHEP at 1280 kHz, and was built by Seattle-based Eastside Broadcasting, which also owned four religious radio stations in Washington state.^[6]

George T. Wilson served as President and General Manager.

In April 1980, it built and signed on an FM

Shamrock Broadcasting

purchased the FM station.

After airing Christian programming for much of its history, in 2018, KASA made a change. It relaunched as "La Indiscreta 106.7 FM" with a classic regional Mexican format. The dial position came from the frequency of its FM translator.

On May 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered KASA and K294CW off the air after finding that KASA had not operated from an authorized facility for over a year, resulting in the expiration of its license. K294CW had also been found to be interfering with KFUE.^[8]

The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on May 8, 2024.^[9]

Translator

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K294CW	106.7 FM	Phoenix, Arizona	148238	150	D	33°35′39.1″N 112°5′10.5″W / 33.594194°N 112.086250°W / 33.594194; -112.086250 (K294CW)	LMS

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for KASA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "KASA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Radio-Locator.com/KASA
^ Radio-Locator.com/K294CW
^ "New Okla. Network" (PDF). Radio Daily. February 9, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^ Lynch, Dudley (January 3, 1967). "Religious Radio". Arizona Republic.
^ Wilkinson, Bud (April 10, 1980). "'Over-radioed' Valley soon to have another station on crowded dial". Arizona Republic.
^ "An Indiscretion Leads To Phoenix AM Station's License Revocation". Radio Ink. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
^ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

External links

KASA in the FCC AM station database
KASA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
FCC History Cards for KASA

[1] "Facility Technical Data for KASA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "KASA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[3] Radio-Locator.com/KASA

[4] Radio-Locator.com/K294CW

[5] "New Okla. Network" (PDF). Radio Daily. February 9, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2016.

[6] Lynch, Dudley (January 3, 1967). "Religious Radio". Arizona Republic.

[7] Wilkinson, Bud (April 10, 1980). "'Over-radioed' Valley soon to have another station on crowded dial". Arizona Republic.

[ri-kasarevoked-8] "An Indiscretion Leads To Phoenix AM Station's License Revocation". Radio Ink. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[9] "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

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