KHVN

KHVN
BIN Dallas.png
CityFort Worth, Texas
Broadcast areaDallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequency970 kHz
BrandingDallas' BIN
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatBlack-oriented news
AffiliationsBlack Information Network
Ownership
OwneriHeartMedia
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
KDGE, KDMX, KEGL, KFXR, KKGM, KHKS, KZPS
History
First air date
1946;
76 years ago
 (1946) as KWBC
Former call signs
  • KWBC (1946 (1946)–1953 (1953))
  • KNOK (1953 (1953)–1982 (1982))
  • KSAX (1982 (1982)–1985 (1985))
Call sign meaning
HeaVeN (former branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID63780
ClassB
Power1,000 watts day
270 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
32°47′56″N 97°17′44″W / 32.79889°N 97.29556°W / 32.79889; -97.29556
Translator(s)95.3 MHz K237HD (Fort Worth)
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websitedallas.binnews.com

KHVN (970 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station broadcasts an African American targeted news format, as one of two local affiliates, along with KKGM (AM 1630), of the national Black Information Network.

History

This station started out as daytime-only KWBC in 1946 with a Variety/Ethnic format that comprises mostly local, amateur, and public service programming under the ownership of Associated Broadcasters. In 1950, J. Dean McClain joined the station with his hour-long Blues at Sunrise program. By the late 1950s McClain was program director, and later was station manager and general manager. By 1953, most commercial billings were from Ethnic shows, so their owners reimaged the station as KNOK to serve an African American audience.

By 1954, KNOK changed the format to R&B with Country and Spanish language programming on weekends. After 1957, KNOK became a full-time R&B station and was the first station in the DFW area to exclusively do so. In the late 1960s, the African American Clay Smothers, who later served in the Texas House of Representatives was the station news editor known for his conservative commentary.

From 1957 to 1979, it simulcasted to its FM sister station of the same callsign. In 1979, KNOK transferred its R&B format to sister station KNOK-FM and changed its format to Jazz. Three years later, the station was renamed as KSAX (callsign to have stood for SAXophone) while maintaining its Jazz format before making its final switch to a Black Gospel formatted station as KHVN in 1985 as Heaven 97.

Expanded Band assignment

On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KHVN authorized to move from 970 to 1630 kHz.

An application for the expanded band station, also licensed to Fort Worth, was filed in 1997. It was approved and issued a Construction Permit the next year that was assigned the call letters KBCM on March 6, 1998, which were changed to KOME on January 15, 1999 and to KNAX on March 20, 2001. The new station began regular service in July 2002, initially with a Spanish religious format as "Radio Christiana", and became KKGM in 2004.

The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized. One policy the FCC has generally enforced is that the original stations and their expanded band counterparts must remain under common ownership, so in subsequent ownership transfers KHVN and KKGM have been paired together.

Acquisition by iHeartMedia, Black Information Network

KHVN's logo used until 2020.

On December 2, 2020, iHeartMedia announced its purchase of KHVN and KKGM (including its translators, K221GV (92.1 MHz) and K237HD (95.3 MHz)) from Mortenson Broadcasting for $950,000. This included a Local marketing agreement (LMA) that took effect on January 2, 2021, continuing until full consummation. The purchase allowed iHeartMedia to max out its DFW cluster threshold of allowable station holdings. Days later, it was further announced that these stations are to become affiliates of the Black Information Network, effectively eliminating KHVN's long-time gospel format.

On January 2, 2021, the stations began stunting with African American speeches, interspersed with messages such as "Our Voices Will Be Heard" and "Our side of the story is about to be told," with the new Black Information Network (BIN) format officially launching on January 4 at 12:00 noon. This new format competes with Audacy's heritage all-news station KRLD. The purchase was consummated on March 31, 2021.

Coordinates: 32°47′56″N 97°17′43″W / 32.79889°N 97.29528°W / 32.79889; -97.29528


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