KAVV

KAVV
City	Benson, Arizona
Broadcast area	western Cochise County and eastern Pima County
Frequency	97.7 FM MHz
Branding	"Cave 97-7 FM"
Programming
Format	Country[1]
Affiliations	USA Headline News
Ownership
Owner	Paul Lotsof ; (Stereo 97, Inc.)
History
First air date	April 1983[2]
Former call signs	KAVV (1983-Present)[3]
Call sign meaning	"Cave"
Technical information
Facility ID	63338
Class	A
Power	6,000 Watts
HAAT	45 meters (148 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	31°59′29.0″N 110°10′21.0″W
Links
Website	KAVV Online

KAVV is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Benson, Arizona, serving western Cochise County and eastern Pima County.[1] KAVV is owned and operated by Stereo 97, Inc.[4]

History

A construction permit for a new radio station in Benson was issued in December 1977, with the callsign being awarded in 1979. After several time extensions, KAVV came to air in April 1983.

In 2017, KAVV came under fire from Benson residents, who began a petition seeking to shut down the station, for broadcasting messages offering advice on how listeners could conceal child pornography. Owner Paul Lotsof, who disagrees with state laws on possession of child pornography, claimed that these messages were in the public service.[5] After advertisers were threatened, Lotsof pulled the PSA from air.[6]

gollark: Too bad.

gollark: I suppose you could remove the file and make the link not work there, but some person already read it and worked out the problem.

gollark: I mean, maybe legally depending on jurisdiction.

gollark: You cannot, legally or ethically, stop this occurring.

gollark: You are actively going to significant effort to STOP your thing being used for good.

References

"Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-552. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
"Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
"KAVV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
Briggs, Zack (8 May 2017). "A local radio PSA urges people to hide their child pornography". KVOA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
Chappell, Bill (May 11, 2017). "Arizona Radio Station Stops Airing Advice On Hiding Child Pornography". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

External links

Cave 97-7 FM Online
KAVV in the FCC's FM station database
KAVV on Radio-Locator
KAVV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[Arbitron-1] "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[LaunchDate-2] Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-552. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[CallSign-3] "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[FCC-4] "KAVV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[5] Briggs, Zack (8 May 2017). "A local radio PSA urges people to hide their child pornography". KVOA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[6] Chappell, Bill (May 11, 2017). "Arizona Radio Station Stops Airing Advice On Hiding Child Pornography". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved September 16, 2018.