KDVA
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KDVA is a radio station
licensed
to serve Buckeye, Arizona
. The station is owned by Entravision Communications
and licensed to Entravision Holdings, LLC. It airs a Spanish language
Adult Contemporary music format.
The station was assigned the KDVA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on February 1, 2001
.
KDVA signed on the air in 1992
as Adult R&B KMJK. KMJK was constructed as a docket 80-90 CP to facilitate minority ownership. The original licensee and architect was Arthur Mobley. KMJK was owned and operated by Mobley Broadcasting Incorporated and featured a variety of music, news/talk and sports. In 2000
, Entravision acquired both KVVA-FM and KMJK and combined the two into a simulcast for its "Radio Romántica
" format. In 2005
the flipped KDVA to a format branded as "Super Estrella" as part of the "Super Estrella
" satellite network. In 2011, it flipped to the current "Radio José" branding while maintaining a similar format.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Buckeye, Arizona
Buckeye, Arizona
Buckeye is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and is the westernmost suburb in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population of the town as of Census 2010 was 50,876, a 678% increase from the 2000 population of 6,537.-Geography:...
. The station is owned by Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications Corporation is a media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic markets. They are the largest affiliate...
and licensed to Entravision Holdings, LLC. It airs a Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Adult Contemporary music format.
The station was assigned the KDVA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on February 1, 2001
2001 in radio
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.
History
1992 in radio
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as Adult R&B KMJK. KMJK was constructed as a docket 80-90 CP to facilitate minority ownership. The original licensee and architect was Arthur Mobley. KMJK was owned and operated by Mobley Broadcasting Incorporated and featured a variety of music, news/talk and sports. In 2000
2000 in radio
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, Entravision acquired both KVVA-FM and KMJK and combined the two into a simulcast for its "Radio Romántica
Radio Romántica
Radio Romántica was a name used by EXCL Communications for various Spanish-language radio stations from the 1990s through 2005. The earliest known reference to Radio Romántica is from 1997, at which time KBRG San Francisco, KJMN Denver, KRZY-FM Albuquerque, an unknown Salinas station, and another...
" format. In 2005
2005 in radio
The year 2005 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:*April 29 - KFRC 610 AM in San Francisco, switches formats as a result of ownership change. KFRC becomes KEAR, the "Sound of the New Life", a listener-supported, gospel/religious only station. It had been previously KFRC from...
the flipped KDVA to a format branded as "Super Estrella" as part of the "Super Estrella
KSSE
KSSE/KSSD/KSSC is a commercial radio station trimulcast located in Southern California, broadcasting on 107.1 FM. The KSSC callsign was assigned to the current KMOQ in the Joplin, Missouri market until 1985....
" satellite network. In 2011, it flipped to the current "Radio José" branding while maintaining a similar format.