KVNS

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KVNS
City of license Brownsville, Texas
Broadcast area McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen
Branding Fox Sports Radio 1700
Frequency 1700 kHz
First air date March 6, 1998
Format Sports
Power 8,800 watts day
880 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 87142
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Former callsigns KQXX (1998-2004)
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One
Owner iHeartMedia
(Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations KHKZ, KQXX-FM, KTEX, KBFM
Webcast Listen Live
Website KVNS Online

KVNS (1700 AM, Fox Sports Radio 1700) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[1] Licensed to Brownsville, Texas, USA, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia and features programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.[2] It shares studios with its sister stations, KHKZ, KQXX-FM, KTEX, and KBFM, located close to the KRGV-TV studios in Weslaco, Texas, while its transmitter is located near Brownsville, Texas.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KQXX on March 6, 1998. On February 26, 2004, the station changed its call sign to the current KVNS.[3] On February 3, 2004, the station was sold to Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, and on February 17, 2009, the station was sold to Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses.[4][clarification needed]

On September 17, 2012, KVNS changed their format from classic hits to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio.

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