KLAV
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Branding | La Caliente 1230 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Lotus Broadcasting Corp. |
| KRLV | |
| History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Former call signs | KLAS (1948-1964) |
Call sign meaning | LAs Vegas |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 70690 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Links | |
| Website | lacalientelv.com/ |
KLAV is a Spanish-language radio station located in Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcasting on 1230 AM. Owned by Lotus Broadcasting, it broadcasts a Regional Mexican format branded as La Caliente. Its studios are in the unincorporated community of Spring Valley in Clark County and its transmitter is in North Las Vegas.
History
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KLAV ran a middle-of-the-road (MOR) format until the late 1970s. In early 1979, at the peak of the disco craze, the station endeared itself "Disco 1-2-3 KLAV". KLAV evolved into a Top 40 format in the early 1980 under then program director Ted Ziegenbusch. It played a lot of R&B/Urban music that key rival Top 40 station, 98.5 KLUC, would not play at the time. KLAV was the first commercial station to play rap/hip-hop music in Las Vegas. In 1985 the station briefly switched to an easy-listening format and changed its call letters to KEZD but returned to its traditional KLAV name and time-brokered format by 1987.
KLAV previously broadcast from atop the former Bob Stupak's Vegas World Hotel & Casino until its closure in 2000. The station broadcast in a few locations around the Las Vegas Valley but eventually settled down at its current West Sahara Avenue location.
In August 2012, KLAV was sold by Hemisphere Broadcasting to Lotus Broadcasting.[1] In April 2015, KLAV flipped to its current Regional Mexican format as La Caliente.[1]
In April 2017, while announcing that it had acquired the radio rights to the Vegas Golden Knights, Lotus announced that KLAV's FM transmitter K255CT would switch to a simulcast of KRLV.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Lotus Flips Las Vegas Pair". Radio Insight. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Fox Sports 1340 Las Vegas To Add FM With Addition Of Golden Knights Hockey". Radio Insight. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
External links
- KLAV in the FCC AM station database
- KLAV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database