KWKA

KWKA-AM
City	Clovis, New Mexico
Broadcast area	Clovis, New Mexico
Frequency	680 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	500 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	14748
Transmitter coordinates	34°21′48″N 103°13′05″W / 34.36333°N 103.21806°W / 34.36333; -103.21806
Owner	Zia Broadcasting
Sister stations	KTQM-FM

KWKA (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Clovis, New Mexico. The station is owned by Zia Broadcasting. It broadcasts a Spanish radio format.^[1]

The station was assigned the KWKA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[2]

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

This radio station was founded by Norm Petty, producer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets and The Fireballs. The call letters KWKA were requested by Petty after a conversation with Beatle Paul McCartney, who said one of his favorite American radio stations was KWKH, in Mississippi. The station was sold to Zia Broadcasting in 2009.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KWKA

Radio-Locator Information on KWKA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KWKA

Radio stations in the Clovis, New Mexico market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.7 92.3 94.7 95.3 98.3 99.1 99.9 101.5 102.3 105.5 105.9 107.5

By AM frequency	680 710 980 1060 1240 1450

By callsign	K201CY K205EX K210EB K219DR K288FK KAQF KCLV-FM KCLV KELU KENW-FM KGNC KGRW KICA-FM KICA KIJN KIJN-FM KKYC KRMQ-FM KSEL KSEL-FM KSMX-FM KTQM KWKA

Defunct	KMUL (830 AM)

Nearby radio markets Albuquerque Amarillo Lubbock Odessa–Midland Roswell See also List of radio stations in New Mexico

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