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KHNC
Broadcast areaFort Collins-Greeley
Frequency1360 kHz
Branding1360 KHNC: The Lion
Programming
FormatConservative talk radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Joe Jaquint
  • (Excursion Broadcasting Network, LLC)
History
First air date
January 1993 (1993-01)
Former call signs
KZOI (1986–1989, CP)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID17183
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°23′11″N 104°54′19″W / 40.38639°N 104.90528°W / 40.38639; -104.90528 (KHNC)
Links
Public license information
Website1360khnc.com

KHNC (1360 AM) "The Lion" is a privately owned radio station broadcasting a conservative talk format in Johnstown, Colorado, United States.

History

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KHNC began broadcasting in January 1993. It was originally owned by Donald and Sharon Wiedeman, broadcasting the same conservative talk format it has carried since.[2] The station first gained notoriety in 1996 when the Montana Freemen called into the station during their 81-day standoff with the FBI,[3] though the station was already airing programming that espoused conspiracy theories and railed against the "New World Order".[4] Known initially as the "USA Patriot Network", KHNC rebranded as the "American Freedom Network" after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.[5] Some of its programming also aired over shortwave station WWCR.[5]

On November 29, 1997, a fire broke out at KHNC's studio base, destroying the former farm store, which also housed a magazine known as American Freedom.[6] The blaze was started by a faulty hot plate[3] inside the residence of Suzanne Harris and Peter Ludwell, who hosted a show on the station and lived in the building; the transmitter, located on Wiedeman's 600-acre (240 ha) farm, was not damaged.[7]

Wiedeman died in 2015. In 2019, Joe Jaquint, who already hosted the "Patriot Radio News Hour" which aired on the station, acquired KHNC for $250,000, through his wholly-owned Patriot Trading Metals Group.[8] Effective February 28, 2020, Jaquint transferred the station's license to Excursion Broadcasting Network, LLC, of which he is two-thirds owner.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHNC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KHNC(AM)" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. 1995. p. B-66 (226). Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Hot plate blamed for blaze". The Daily Sentinel. Associated Press. December 2, 1997. p. 12B. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  4. ^ Harkavy, Ward (June 15, 1994). "Out of the Norm". Westword. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Harkavy, Ward (July 4, 1996). "Still Crazy After All These Years". Westword. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Right-wing radio station gutted by Saturday fire". The Daily Sentinel. Associated Press. December 1, 1997. p. 1A. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Wagner, Kyle (January 8, 1998). "A Bitter Pill". Westword. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Deal Digest – April 11, 2019". Inside Radio. April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
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