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KTAR

PHOENIX AZ

AM BROADCAST

620 kHz

BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
55 North 300 West
2nd Floor
Salt Lake City UT 84101
8015755872
Facility ID: 52515
Licensed

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Enforcement History
FRN: 0006165955

This record has been enhanced by the REC Radio History Project. Pre-1932 data has been manually entered by REC based on FRC Radio Service Bulletins. Click here to learn more.

ML BMML-20130718AHZ

Granted

01/30/2014

REC Application ID: 1565454 (LMS)
Legacy CDBS Application ID: 1565454
Record Type: Full Service AM
Application Purpose: Modify License
Application Purpose: Minor
FRN: 0006165955
Community of license: PHOENIX, AZ, US
NAD83 Coordinates: 33 28' 44.2" N / 112 0' 8.5" W
Frequency: 620 kHz
FCC Station Class: B
Public Notice Comments: Method of Moments

Daytime | View Towers

Primary Tower Coordinates: 33 28' 44.2" N / 112 0' 8.5" W
Power: 5 kW
Directional Antenna: N
RMS Standard: 307.38 mV/m at 1km

Twr

Field
Ratio

Elec.
Ht.

Phas-
ing

Spac-
ing

Orien-
tation

Tower
Ref

Top
Load

Sw
A

Sw
B

Sw
C

Sw
D

Tower
Height

90.7

121.9m

Nighttime | View Towers

Primary Tower Coordinates: 33 28' 44.2" N / 112 0' 8.5" W
Power: 5 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 701.67 mV/m at 1km
RMS Standard: 667.88 mV/m at 1km
RMS Augmented: 718.04 mV/m at 1km

Twr	Field Ratio	Elec. Ht.	Phas- ing	Spac- ing	Orien- tation	Tower Ref	Top Load	Sw A	Sw B	Sw C	Sw D	Tower Height
A	1	90.7	0	0	0	N	N	0	0	0	0	121.9m
B	0.55	68	82	180	27	N	N	0	0	0	0	91.4m

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L2C BL-1311

Granted

00/00/0000

BROADCAST AUXILIARY/REMOTE PICK-UP/STL
KFO760	161.6400
KFO750	161.6400
KJO760	161.6400
KFO750	161.6700
KFO750	161.7000
KFO750	161.7300
KFO750	161.7600
KLB808	170.1500
KLB809	170.1500
WQB265	450.1500	SOUTH MTN & INTERSTATE 10
KC42190	450.7000
KC42190	450.9000
KA88580	455.7000
KA88580	455.8000
KA88579	455.9250
WLD701	951.5000	7740 North 16th Street

CALL SIGN HISTORY

KTAR - 00/00/0000 (CDBS)
Where this call sign has been:
12/31/1929 - .620 kHz in PHOENIX AZ RSB - now KTAR
06/04/1979 On Channel 18 in MESA AZ - now KPNX (CDBS)
09/18/2006 on 92.3 in GLENDALE AZ - now KTAR-FM (CDBS)
12/09/1982 on 92.3 in GLENDALE AZ - now KTAR-FM (LMS)

APPLICATION HISTORY

	BAL-19781117EE	Assign License/CP	Granted 02/28/1979
	BAL-19790619ES	Assign License/CP	Granted 07/13/1979
	BR-19800602WE	Renewal	Granted 11/17/1980
	BR-19830527WD	Renewal	Granted 09/16/1983
	BAL-19900807KF	Assign License/CP	Granted 08/27/1990
	BR-19900517YW	Renewal	Granted 10/09/1990
	BR-19970528WY	Renewal	Granted 12/12/1997
	BAL-20001114AAZ	Assign License/CP	Granted 01/02/2001
	BAL-20010129ABK	Assign License/CP	Granted 02/09/2001
	BAL-20041014AGE	Assign License/CP-amend	Granted 12/02/2004
	BR-20050601AUX	Renewal	Granted 10/03/2005
	BDN-20070919ADL	Digital Notification	Pending 10/01/2007
	BSTA-20130108ABM	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 01/10/2013
	BLSTA-20130225ACI	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Dismissed 07/18/2013
	BR-20130531ACX	Renewal	Granted 09/27/2013
	BMML-20130718AHZ	Modify License	Granted 01/30/2014
	BSTA-20210129AAB	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 02/09/2021
	0000147755	Renewal	Granted 09/21/2021
	0000184288	Administrative Update	Received 02/02/2022
	0000210155	Administrative Update	Received 02/03/2023
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IMPORTED LETTERS

Incoming letter or scanned document	BSTA-20210129AAB	08/30/2021
STA related	BSTA-20210129AAB	02/09/2021
Incoming letter or scanned document	BMML-20130718AHZ	01/30/2014
Incoming letter or scanned document	BLSTA-20130225ACI	07/17/2013
Incoming letter or scanned document	BSTA-20130108ABM	02/13/2013
STA related	BSTA-20130108ABM	01/10/2013
History card		01/01/1980