KVEN

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KVEN 1450 "The Boomer" is an oldies station licensed to Ventura, California. It is owned by Cumulus Media. The station mainly focuses on 1950s and early 1960s music. Its broadcasting power is a constant 1 kW. The station's oldies format caters to baby boomers, hence the moniker. On a clear day, KVEN's signal can be heard as far south as Los Angeles, and well north of Santa Barbara, albeit mostly on car radios.

As News Talk KVEN, In the early 1990s, comedy-talk-radio host Phil Hendrie broadcast his unique radio show late-nights at 1:00AM locally from the studios of KVEN. One of his best episodes was the 5-way on-air round-table chat with Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and George HW Bush on 11/04/1991, the opening day of the Reagan Library.

This station also broadcasts some major sporting events. For example, during the Major League Baseball season, KVEN is the Ventura County radio home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and during the NCAA football season, it broadcasts University of Southern California football games.

This station also broadcasts the syndicated Wolfman Jack Radio Program, and, on Sunday nights, the Dr. Demento show. In December, 2007, KVEN put Wolfman Jack on hiatus. It returned Monday, March 24, 2008, although it has not yet been returned to the schedule as posted online.

[edit] Schedule

Monday-Friday:
5 - 9 am Lee Marshall
9 am - 12 noon Commander Alexander
12 - 1 pm Wolfman Jack
3 - 7 pm Jay Perez

Saturday:
12 midnight - 10 am Boomer Weekends
10 am - 11 am Bob Mallison Real Estate
11 am - 12 midnight Boomer Weekends

Sunday:
12 midnight - 7 am Boomer Weekends
7 am - 12 noon Wolfman Jack
12 noon - 10 pm Boomer Weekends
10 pm - 12 midnight Dr. Demento

[edit] External links

• KVEN's website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KVEN
• Radio Locator Information on KVEN
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KVEN