KHQN
KHQN (1480 AM) is a spiritual radio station licensed to serve the community of Spanish Fork, Utah. The station's broadcast license is held by SACE Broadcasting Corporation.
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| Broadcast area | Utah Valley |
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| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
| Branding | KHQN 1480 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | English language Indian music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | SACE Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | 1960 |
Former call signs | KONI (1960-1983) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 58480 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 133 watts (night) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.utahkrishnas.org |
Programming
KHQN broadcasts full-time spiritual, transcendental music and talks.
History
In 1983, station KHQN1480 carried a Mainstream Rock format. In 1984, the station became the only stations in the United States broadcasting Hare Krishna programming full-time.
The Krishna Temple took over the station from the Schofield family, the previous owners. The program had consisted of news, popular and traditional music, and a call-in show for the college students and speakers as well as Spanish-speaking residents from all over Utah County. The Krishna Temple changed it to a mix of devotional & classical music & philosophical talk & drama shows. To help in the building of the Spanish Fork Krishna Temple, Sace Broadcasting, decided to lease the station to a Spanish Broadcaster, then the station changed to a news/talk format in 2006, and In December 2016, KHQN was re-acquired by Krishna's SACE Broadcasting. Now, once again, it is broadcasting Hare Krishna programming full-time.
References
- KHQN in the FCC AM station database
- KHQN on Radio-Locator
- KHQN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database