KGNW

KGNW
	Christian talk and teaching
Network	SRN News
Ownership
Owner	Salem Media Group; (Inspiration Media, Inc.);
Sister stations	KKOL
History
First air date	October 10, 1970; 53 years ago (as KQIN at 800)
Former call signs	KQIN (1970 -1986)
Former frequencies	800 kHz (1970-1986)
Call sign meaning	KinG (County) NorthWest
Technical information
Facility ID	28819
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts days; 5,000 watts nights
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kgnw.com

KGNW (820

radio studios and offices are on 5th Avenue South in downtown Seattle

.

By day, KGNW is powered at 50,000

Vashon Island.^[3] The station is licensed to broadcast in the HD Radio format.^[4]

Programming

KGNW airs a mix of local preachers and national Christian leaders. They include

John MacArthur, J. Vernon McGee and Charles Stanley. Two secular programs are also heard from Eric Metaxas and Jay Sekulow

.

KGNW uses a brokered programming model. Hosts pay for their time on the station and may ask for donations to their ministries during their shows. National news is supplied by SRN News.

History

800 AM KQIN

The station

daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset. It was owned and operated by John Mowbray who also served as general manager.^[5]

KQIN played

Adult Contemporary music

format in 1983.

Move to 820 AM

On September 19, 1984, Salem Communications acquired 1150 AM in Seattle and changed its call letters to KGNW. Salem is the nation's largest owner of Christian radio stations and gave the 1150 station a Christian talk and teaching format. But that station does not have a very good signal. Salem had plans to acquire KQIN's daytime-only signal on 800 AM and improve it, making it a place to relocate KGNW.^[6]

In the mid-1980s, the Federal Communications Commission relaxed rules that restricted lesser-class stations on Class A, clear channel frequencies. Fort Worth and Seattle are separated by more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km). So Salem Media engineers applied to move KQIN to 820 AM, even though WBAP 820 Fort Worth is a Class A station powered at 50,000 watts.

KQIN moved to the 820 AM dial position on January 1, 1987. The KGNW call letters and its Christian talk and teaching format were removed from 1150 AM and relocated to 820 AM. The move allowed KGNW to increase its daytime power to 50,000 watts and add nighttime power at 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna.

Iowa Public Television in Davenport, Iowa. The 1150 AM station in Seattle was sold to Hubbard Broadcasting and is now talk radio outlet KKNW

.

References

^ History Cards for KGNW, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Radio-Locator.com/KGNW
^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=28819 FCC station search details
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-224. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2024.
^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-574. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2024.
^ "KQIN Radio commercial from 1986". YouTube.

External links

KGNW website
KGNW in the FCC AM station database
KGNW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

47°26′00″N 122°28′02″W / 47.43333°N 122.46722°W / 47.43333; -122.46722

[1] History Cards for KGNW, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[3] Radio-Locator.com/KGNW

[4] ttp://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=28819 FCC station search details

[5] Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-224. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2024.

[6] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-574. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2024.

[7] "KQIN Radio commercial from 1986". YouTube.

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