KTNN (660 AM) is a

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in Window Rock, Arizona, the seat of the government of the

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. It broadcasts Navajo tribal music and audio from Navajo ceremonial (''

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'') dances and Native American music, as well as

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and bluegrass in English. It also broadcasts high school basketball games from the local high schools on the Navajo Reservation. Most of its announcers are bilingual and broadcast in

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and English. At the time the station came on the air in 1986, it claimed to be the last station allowed to go on the air with a full 50,000 watts on another station's clear channel frequency; however, other stations have been allowed since. At night the station uses a directional antenna to protect, as required by

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(FCC) rules, the signal of WFAN at

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, since WFAN is a Class A (formerly Class I-A) station broadcasting on 660 kHz and KTNN is Class B (formerly Class II-A). Its programming is also heard on KTNN-FM (101.5) in Tohatchi, New Mexico.

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* {{Country Radio Stations in Arizona TNN Country radio stations in the United States Native American radio Navajo mass media Radio stations established in 1986 Foreign-language radio stations in the United States 1986 establishments in Arizona Mass media in Apache County, Arizona

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