six attacks on teenage girls starting in June 2006 was described as Hispanic, 28 to 40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, muscular, with a mustache and black hair. Radio station 1190AM was the first hispánic news media to promote and follow up the story. KNUV and KNRV signed off on July 31, 2008. The station was shut down due to "a faltering economy, ongoing crackdowns on undocumented immigrants and a tough market for Spanish talk radio". Progressive talk format After being silent for two months, KNUV began simulcasting crosstown station KPHX on October 9, 2008. KPHX's progressive talk radio programming, consisting of programming from Nova M Radio and Air America Radio, was moved to KNUV in January 2009 as Nova M's licensing agreement with KPHX came to an end. KNUV assumed the flagship station designation for Nova M, which later became On Second Thought before ceasing operations entirely by the spring of 2009. KPHX adopted The Lounge Sound music radio format at that time, which itself lasted only until July 2009, when KPHX returned to the progressive talk format, with significant involvement from Dr. Mike Newcomb, a key player in that format on each of the stations on which it has been broadcast in the Phoenix market dating back to 2004. Spanish radio returns According to the Phoenix New Times paper KNUV's doors were padlocked shut on March 2, 2009. On the morning of March 5, 2009, KNUV stopped broadcasting progressive talk and switched back to a Spanish-language format later that afternoon. In April 2009, the station went off the air due to station owner New Radio Venture's bankruptcy. On July 13, 2009, the station returned to the air again, airing paid programming in Spanish and news programming from Mexico at other times. KNUV currently airs a limited selection of local programming during the daytime and Radio Fórmula programs from Mexico at night. Translators References External links http://www.onda1190am.com/ Radio stations established in 1961 Talk radio stations in the United States NUV NUV Hispanic and Latino American culture in Phoenix, Arizona