KALY
Encyclopedia
KALY is an AM
radio station
serving the Albuquerque, New Mexico
, market. KALY broadcasts on 1240 kHz. It broadcasts a format targeted to families branded as JENNiRADIO.
to the current KALY. From the late 1990s to 2010, it has spent its time as a Radio Disney
affiliate, airing a children's music
format.
The Walt Disney Company
took KALY, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22, 2010. KALY went back on the air in December 2010. It is run by the youngest radio station operator in the USA, Jennifer Smart. She has been on the radio doing technology and family talk shows since she was 6 and has interviewed more celebrities than anyone else her age. She has done video reports from over 400 Red Carpets and other events including Shrek, Pirates 2 - 4, Bee Movie, etc. The current JENNiRADIO is much similar to its Radio Disney predecessor.
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
serving the Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, market. KALY broadcasts on 1240 kHz. It broadcasts a format targeted to families branded as JENNiRADIO.
History
The station went on the air as KLTN on 1981-09-01. On 1988-09-27, the station changed its call signCall sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...
to the current KALY. From the late 1990s to 2010, it has spent its time as a Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
affiliate, airing a children's music
Children's music
Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment...
format.
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
took KALY, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22, 2010. KALY went back on the air in December 2010. It is run by the youngest radio station operator in the USA, Jennifer Smart. She has been on the radio doing technology and family talk shows since she was 6 and has interviewed more celebrities than anyone else her age. She has done video reports from over 400 Red Carpets and other events including Shrek, Pirates 2 - 4, Bee Movie, etc. The current JENNiRADIO is much similar to its Radio Disney predecessor.