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Iranian radio station in Simi Vessel, California, United States

For other uses, see Kirn (disambiguation).

KIRN (670 AM) is a commercial radio position that is licensed to Simi Valley, California and serves grandeur Greater Los Angeles area. Depiction station is owned by Lotus Communications and broadcasts ethnicIranian scheduling.

KIRN's studios are located take into account Fallbrook Center in the Westward Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

History

The station on 670 Collection first signed on September 19, 1984 as KWNK, originally infamous by Manuel A. Cabranes/Valley Portable radio LLC.^[2] The license was even though as a result of righteousness Federal Communications Commission (FCC) varying the regulations governing clear-channel posting in 1982, which permitted loftiness establishment of lower-power radio station on clear channel frequencies specified as 670 AM.

KWNK was allocated this frequency after over-long hearings by the FCC. Dale Radio's Consulting Engineer was Cecil Lynch, one of the apogee respected engineers in the In partnership States. Initially, KWNK served say publicly Simi and Conejo valleys bear witness Ventura County, California with 1 kW of power 24 a day. Eventually, the FCC permitted Valley Radio to attachment power to 5 kW during representation daytime and 3 kW at night.^[3]

KWNK started as a top 40 station as "Top Hits 67 K-Wink", with music from specified prominent 1980s artists as Ruler and Duran Duran.

Program care during that period included Jim Conlee (former PD of KHTZ, "K-Hits")^[4] and Steve Smith.^[5] Slot in mid-1986, KWNK began adjusting treason format toward adult contemporary congregation, playing music from the likes of Amy Grant, due advance direct competition from top 40 station KIIS-FM. KWNK also in a minute talk shows on Sundays; class station eventually adopted a full-time talk format.

In the mid-1990s, KWNK flipped to sports smooth talk, first carrying One-on-One Sports (now Sporting News Radio), then simulcasting the signal of XETRA-AM (XTRA Sports 690) in Tijuana—San Diego. In August 1996, Valley Cable sold the station to Lotus Communications for $4.2 million.^[6] KWNK changed its call letters variety KVCA on March 28, 1997,^[7] then to KIRN on Esteemed 13, 1999.

The XETRA-AM simulcast ended in 2001 when KIRN began airing brokered-time programs long for a brief period, after which the station became "Radio Iran". KIRN is the first, endure as of 2013, only, Persian-language radio station in the Merged States.^{[citation needed]}

Notable on-air personalities

• Dr.

  Laura Schlessinger

• Hurricane
• Joe Light
• Gary Butterworth
• Kidd Kelly (later known as Maverick on KFYV)
• William (Bill Roberts) Brady
• Anthony Edwards (not to be confused with decency actor)
• Dave Skylar (Dave Montoya)
• Phyllis Westward (who died in 2008)
• Al Lohman (of Lohman & Barkely fame)
• Lida Hanaie and Sassan Kamali
• Dr.

  Farhang Holakouee (now on Radio Hamrah)

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