| KANA | |
| City: | Anaconda, Montana |
| Frequency: | 580 kHz |
| Airdate: | First license granted October 24, 1946 |
| Format: | Defunct (formerly Classic hits) |
| Power: | 1,000 watts (day) 197 watts (night) |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 668 |
| Coordinates: | 46.1286°N -112.9236°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | ANAconda[1] |
| Owner: | Ted Austin |
| Licensee: | Southwest Montana Media LLC |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KANA (580 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Anaconda, Montana. The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC. It aired a classic hits music format.[2]
The station's transmitter site was off Landfill Road in Anaconda, Montana.
The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[3]
In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000.[4]
Butte Broadcasting donated KANA to A.W.A.R.E., Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective August 3, 2012.
Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.
On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day.[5]