KQV
| Simulcasts WKGO, Murrysville, PA | |
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| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1410 kHz |
| Branding | Easy 88.1 WKGO |
| Programming | |
| Format | Easy listening |
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| History | |
First air date | November 19, 1919 |
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Call sign meaning | None, randomly assigned |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 8445 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°21′51″N 79°48′46″W / 40.36417°N 79.81278°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | kqv |
KQV (1410 AM) is a non-commercial radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and covering the Greater Pittsburgh Region. Owned by Broadcast Educational Communications, the station simulcasts WKGO (88.1 FM) in Murrysville and airs an easy listening format. The station's studios and transmitter are located on Lincoln Highway in North Versailles Township.
KQV is recognized as one of the oldest radio stations in North America. Due to a complicated early history, the exact date of its founding has been variously stated as either November 19, 1919 (as an experimental station), in the fall of 1921, or on January 9, 1922, the last officially recognized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). KQV is perhaps best recognized for two distinct eras: as a Top 40 station from 1958 to 1975, the majority of that time owned by ABC, and as an all-news radio station from 1975 until the station suspended operations on December 31, 2017.