KVTA (1590 AM) is a

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licensed to

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, and serves

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and southern

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. The station is owned by

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and airs a

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format. KVTA broadcasts with 5,000

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s from its

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near the Santa Clara River off the

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at South Victoria Avenue. It uses a

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at all times to protect other stations on

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. It is also heard on 170 watt

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K250BV at 97.9

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Previous Talk Programming

Weekdays on KVTA begin with a local news and information show, hosted by Tom Spence and Rich Gualano. The rest of the weekday schedule previously made up of nationally syndicated

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shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Chad Benson Show'', ''America Tonight with Rich Valdés'', ''

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with

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'' and '' The Hugh Hewitt Show''. Weekend shows discussed topics such as money, health, real estate, technology and cars. Syndicated shows include '' The Kim Komando Show'' and '' The Mike Gallagher Show''. Also featured are paid programming and repeats of some weekday shows. Most hours begin with world and national news from

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History

KUDU and KBBQ

On , the station first

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the air. Its original

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was KUDU. It was licensed to the cities of Ventura and

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jointly. In January 1973, KUDU changed its call letters to KBBQ. Featuring a

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format, KBBQ served as the

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for Ventura County.

KOGO and KBBY

On February 1, 1985, the call sign switched to KOGO and the format flipped to

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music. As KOGO, the station changed hands twice. In July 1986, Forrest Radio sold KOGO and FM sister station KBBY to New York City-based ownership group Ventura Broadcasting Associates for $3 million. That same group sold the combo three years later to Buena Ventura Inc., headed by George Duncan, for $6.7 million. KOGO renamed itself KBBY after its FM counterpart on September 17, 1993; the heritage KOGO call letters returned to the San Diego station then known as KKLQ the following year.

KXSP and KUNX

In December 1996, Buena Ventura Inc. sold the station, then using the KXSP calls and broadcasting in

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, along with KTND, to

for $2 million. The transaction split the station from its longtime combo partner KBBY-FM which later would be owned by

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. From 1998 to 2004, the station held the KUNX call letters and aired a Spanish-language talk format under the "Radio Unica" branding. For a brief period in early 2004, it was known as KKOM and broadcast content from The American Comedy Network. The former KUNX and KKZZ then exchanged frequencies, with the KKZZ call letters landing on 1590 AM on March 5 and KUNX's Spanish programming resurfacing on

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. During the 1590 AM frequency's second stint as KUNX starting in April 2008, it aired programming from Mexico-based news/talk network

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KVTA

In February 2013, the Radio Fórmula programs moved to Gold Coast Broadcasting sister station KKZZ on 1400 AM. That same month, KUNX began simulcasting English-language news/talk outlet KVTA, which at the time was on

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. On March 6, 2013, KUNX and KVTA swapped frequencies, sending the KUNX call letters to 1520 AM and KVTA to 1590 AM. On April 10, 2025, KVTA changed their format from news/talk to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 1590/97.9".KTMS & KVTA Drop Talk For Fox Sports
Radioinsight - April 10, 2025

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References

External links

FCC History Cards for KVTA
* * {{Sports Radio Stations in California VTA Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in California