KXNT (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas Valley |
| Frequency | 840 kHz |
| Branding | News/Talk 840 KXNT |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | News-talk |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1986 |
Former call signs | KVEG (1986–1996) |
Call sign meaning | "News Talk" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 33068 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 36°23′52.89″N 114°55′0″W / 36.3980250°N 114.91667°W |
| Repeater(s) | 100.5 KXQQ-FM-HD2 (Henderson) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
KXNT (840 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to North Las Vegas, Nevada. It broadcasts a news-talk radio format and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc.[2] The studios are in the unincorporated Clark County community of Spring Valley, while KXNT's transmitter is on U.S. Route 93 at Great Valley Parkway in North Las Vegas.[3]
KXNT is a Class B station operating on a clear channel frequency. WHAS in Louisville is the dominant Class A station on 840 AM, so KXNT must reduce its power at night to avoid interfering with WHAS's signal. KXNT operates with 50,000 watts by day and 25,000 watts at night, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array.
KXNT is licensed to broadcast in the HD radio format, but is not currently broadcasting in HD.[4][5] KXNT is Southern Nevada's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.
Programming
On weekdays, KXNT airs two local talk shows. In morning drive time, an hour is hosted by Alan Stock. And Sam Mirejowsky hosts What's Right in afternoons. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk shows, including Glenn Beck; Ben Shapiro; Dana Loesch; Matt Walsh; Mark Levin; Dave Ramsey; Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends feature shows on money, politics, health, law, veterans and food. Syndicated hosts include Erick Erickson; Ben Ferguson; Bill Handel and The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. Some hours feature paid brokered programming.
KXNT carries hourly reports from CBS News Radio and financial reports from Bloomberg Radio. It has a local news alliance with KLAS-TV, the CBS Network affiliate in Las Vegas.
History
KXNT signed on the air in 1986 with the call letters KVEG, airing a talk and middle of the road music format. It was owned by the Roberts Communications Corp.[6]
KVEG had several noted hosts including Sam Greenfield, Dominick Brascia, Lou Epton, Irwin Schiff and the syndicated Tom Leykis. In 1997, KVEG changed its call sign to KXNT with the "NT" standing for "News/Talk". The station moved to a more traditional talk radio line up, airing Rush Limbaugh and Coast to Coast AM previously heard on rival station KDWN. Other shows included Dr. Laura and Bill Handel.
In 1998, Infinity Broadcasting acquired KXNT.[7] In December 2005, Infinity was renamed CBS Radio. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom.[8] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.[9][10]
Between August 16, 2010, and September 4, 2015, programming on KXNT was simulcast on sister FM station KXNT-FM (100.5), to give listeners who prefer FM that option. That station now airs a rhythmic hot adult contemporary format, under the call sign KXQQ-FM.
Former hosts
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KXNT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KXNT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KXNT
- ^ "Station Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=38 Archived September 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Las Vegas
- ^ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1989 page B-187" (PDF).
- ^ Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-353
- ^ "CBS Radio To Merge With Entercom". February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 33068 (KXNT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KXNT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database