KLSQ
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 870kHz |
| Branding | TUDN Radio Las Vegas |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | TUDN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KRGT,KISF | |
| History | |
First air date | August 15, 1986 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36694 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000wattsday 430 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°58′35″N114°57′3″W/ 35.97639°N 114.95083°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | KLSQ Online |
KLSQ(870AM) is acommercialradio stationbroadcasting aSpanishsports radioformat.LicensedtoWhitney, Nevada,it serves theLas Vegas metropolitan area.The station is owned by the Latino Media Network. Under alocal marketing agreement(LMA), it was programmed by previous ownerTelevisaUnivision'sUforia Audio Networkuntil 2024.
By day, KLSQ is powered at 5,000wattsnon-directional.But because870 AMis aclear channel frequencyreserved forClass AWWLNew Orleans,KLSQ must reduce power at night to 430 watts using adirectional antennato avoid interference. Thetransmitteris south of Mission Hills Park inHenderson.[2]
History
[edit]KROL
[edit]The stationsigned onthe air on August 15, 1986.[3]The originalcall signwas KROL and itscity of licensewasLaughlin.It was founded by "Laughlin Roughrider Broadcasting" and it operated from two tower sites. A three-tower arraywas built in Laughlin for a 10,000 watt day and 1,000 watt night operation, using adirectional antennasystem. The other site was nearHendersonand was the KROL experimental synchronous transmitter, using anon-directional antennaby day and a three-tower directional system by night.
After KVEG 840 AM {nowKXNT) went on the air, measurements were made showing that a power increase would not cause prohibited overlap with KROL on 870 AM. This allowed KROL an increase to 5,000 watts days but still at 500 watts nights. Both sites used diesel generators to produce all of the power that was needed to broadcast.
Spanish hits
[edit]The stations were sold to Million Dollar Broadcasting and changed their call sign to KOWA, known as "The Cow". Heftel Broadcasting bought the station in 1995 and changed to a format ofSpanishhits.
Management at HBC were concerned that the bulk of population covered by KOWA was from the second transmitter in the Las Vegas area. This coverage was licensed as a secondary authorization, and was subject to cancellation with little or no prior notice. David Stewart at HBC Engineering found a way to make the northern signal the main (and only site). The city of license was changed from Laughlin to Whitney (which combined some of unincorporatedClark Countywith the former village of East Las Vegas). The former main transmitter site in Laughlin was decommissioned. The Laughlintowersare used by other area stations, including radio stationsKFLGandKZZZ,and, at one time, the analog operation ofKMCC.
Spanish sports
[edit]On December 20, 2016,Univision Radioannounced that KLSQ would be one of the charteraffiliatesof the company's new Spanish-languagesports radionetwork,Univision Deportes Radio,which launched in early 2017.[4]
KLSQ wentsilentin late 2019. On December 12, 2020, KLSQ resumed broadcasting as asimulcastof 103.5KISF'sRegional Mexicanformat. It has since switched back to Spanish sports under a different network,TUDN Radio.
Latino Media Network
[edit]On June 3, 2022, Univision announced it would sell a package of 18 radio stations across ten of its markets, primarily AM outlets in large cities (including KLSQ) and entire clusters in smaller markets such asMcAllen, Texas,andFresno, California.The price tag was $60 million. The owner would be a new company known as the Latino Media Network (LMN). Univision proposed to handle operations for a year under agreement before turning over operational control to LMN in the fourth quarter of 2023.[5]
The sale was approved by theFederal Communications Commission(FCC) that November.[6]The transaction was completed on December 30, 2022.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KLSQ".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Radio-Locator /KLSQ
- ^Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990page B-197. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^Univision To Launch "Univision Deportes Radio"
- ^Venta, Lance (June 3, 2022)."Latino Media Network To Acquire Univision Radio Properties in Ten Markets".Archivedfrom the original on June 6, 2022.RetrievedJune 15,2022.
- ^Venta, Lance (November 22, 2022)."FCC Approves Latino Media Network Purchase Of 18 Univision Stations".RadioInsight.RetrievedFebruary 23,2023.
- ^"Latino Media Network Completes Purchase Of 18 Radio Stations From Univision".Inside Radio.January 5, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 23,2023.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 36694 (KLSQ)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KLSQinNielsen Audio's AM station database