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| Broadcast area | Central and Northern Nevada |
| Frequency | 780kHz |
| Branding | News Talk 780 KOH |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Network | Westwood One |
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First air date | October 13, 1971; 54 years ago (1971-10-13) |
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Call sign meaning | Derived from KOH, Nevada's oldest station, now 630KPLY |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 11236 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Repeater | 98.1KBUL-HD2 (Carson City) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KKOH (780AM; "News Talk 780 KOH") is acommercial radio stationlicensed toReno, Nevada. It airs anews/talkradio format and is owned and operated byCumulus Media.Studios and offices are on East Plumb Lane. Thetransmitter is off Chickadee Drive.[2]
KKOH broadcasts at 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) for AM stations. A single tower is used during the day, allowing KKOH to be heard around Central and Northern Nevada and some distance into California, providing a strong grade B signal toSacramento.[3] Because780 AM is aclear channel frequency, reserved forClass A stationWBBM in Chicago, KKOH must broadcast adirectional signal at night to avoid interference. It uses a three-tower array after sunset. Even with this restriction, it can heard in much of the Western United States with a good radio.
KKOH airs a mix of local andnationally syndicated talk shows. Weekdays begin withAmerica in the Morning followed byReno's Morning News with Ross Mitchell. In the afternoon,The Jon Sanchez Show followed byThe Ryan Nutter Show, both of them are non-political shows. The rest of the schedule is made up ofnationally syndicatedconservative talk programs:The Sean Hannity Show,The Mark Levin Show andRed Eye Radio.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, technology and gardening, some of which are paidbrokered programming. Syndicated weekend programs includeThe Kim Komando Show, Nevada Newsmakers with Sam Shad,The Chris Plante Show, America at Night with Rich Valdes,Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham as well as repeats of weekday shows. Weather coverage is supplied byKOLO-TV, Reno'sABC televisionaffiliate. Most hours begin with an update fromABC News Radio.
KKOH currently does not have a local political talk show at this time after program director and talk show host Dan Mason retired on January 31, 2023. Previous local political talk show hosts wereRusty Humphries (1998–2003) and Bill Manders (2003–2011).
The stationbegan broadcasting on October 13, 1971.[4] The originalcall sign was KCRL, owned by businessmanE. L. Cord.[5][6] It was asister station to Reno'sNBC television affiliate, KCRL-TV (nowKRNV-DT). The 'CRL' in the station's call letters stood for "Circle L"—a ranch that Cord owned in the Nevada desert. KCRL became well known across the West for itsclassical music format. Although the station lost $25,000 a month, Cord took the losses philosophically, feeling that he was providing a public service.[6] Its call sign was changed to KROW in 1981[7][8] and it gradually evolved into acountry station.
The station's current incarnation dates from 1994. Soon afterCitadel Broadcasting bought KOH, Nevada's oldest radio station (on the air since 1928), it applied to move from its longtime home at 630 AM to KROW's frequency at 780.[9] The 630 facility must reduce its power from 5,000 watts to 1,000 watts at sunset to protect clear-channelKFI in Los Angeles, at nearby 640 AM. As part of the agreement, the FCC issued a new license to Citadel under the slightly altered call letters KKOH on March 10, 1994. Citadel concluded the advantages of broadcasting at a full 50,000 watts from the most powerful facility in northern Nevada outweighed the nostalgic value of the last three-letter call sign issued for a "new station". AM 630 becameChristian contemporary station KRCV,[9][8] and nowFox Sports Radio outletKPLY. KKOH continues to trade on the KOH call sign's legacy in Reno; nearly all verbal references drop the second "K".
Citadel merged with current ownerCumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[10]
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