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| Broadcast area | Utah Valley Southern Suburbs ofSalt Lake City |
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| Frequency | 1480kHz |
| Branding | KHQN 1480 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hindu music,chants and discussion |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | SACE Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | July 24, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-07-24) |
Former call signs | KONI (1960–1983) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58480 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000watts (days) 133 watts (nights) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°04′29.8″N111°39′44.7″W / 40.074944°N 111.662417°W /40.074944; -111.662417 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | UtahKirishnas.org |
KHQN (1480kHz) is anon-commercialAMradio stationlicensed toSpanish Fork, Utah, and serving theUtah Valley and the southern suburbs ofSalt Lake City. The station'sbroadcast license is held by SACE Broadcasting Corporation. KHQN has aradio format ofHindu music,chants and discussion, as a service of the Spanish ForkKrishna Temple and the Salt Lake City Krishna Temple.
By day, KHQN transmits with 1,000watts, using anon-directional antenna. To protect other stations on1480 kHz from interference, at night it reduces power to 133 watts. Thetransmitter is onUtah State Route 198 inSalem, near the Spanish Fork Krishna Temple.[2]
The Political Cesspool, a weekly far-right talk radio show founded by Tennessean political activist James Edwards, is broadcast on KHQN. It also simulcasts on the neo-NaziStormfront Radio.[3][4]
The stationsigned on the air on July 24, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-07-24).[5] Its originalcall sign was KONI. The station was adaytimer, required to go off the air at night. The owner was the Pioneer Broadcasting Company.
In 1967, it added asister station, KONI-FM on 106.3MHz.[6] The two stations mostlysimulcast a format ofcountry music with local news andhigh school sports. KONI-FM was sold in 1980. Today, it is 106.5KAAZ, aclassic rock station owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.
In 1983, the station changed its callsign to KHQN. It carried aMainstream Rock format. In 1984, it became the only station in the United States broadcastingHare Krishna programming full-time. The Krishna Temple of Spanish Fork took over the station from the Schofield family, the previous owners. KHQN began airing English-language devotional Hindu music, religious instruction programs and a call-in show for college students. A few hours a week were forSpanish-speaking residents inUtah County.
To help support the Spanish Fork Krishna Temple, Sace Broadcasting decided to lease the station to a Spanish-language broadcaster. The station changed to a Spanish news, talk and music format in 2006. In December 2016, the lease ended. KHQN was re-acquired by the Krishna Temple's Sace Broadcasting. The station returned to airing Hare Krishna programming full-time.
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