KLAV
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| KLAV | |
| City of license | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas metropolitan area |
| Branding | KLAV |
| Slogan | The Talk of Las Vegas |
| Frequency | 1230 (kHz) |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format | Brokered programming |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | LAs Vegas |
| Owner | Aim Broadcasting |
| Website | www.klav1230am.com |
KLAV is a commercial radio station located in Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcasting 1230 AM. KLAV airs talk and brokered programming; the community can purchase broadcast airtime on the station.
Papa Joe Chevalier, long time Las Vegas sports talk host, is the station's afternoon drive time host.
[edit] History
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 to a Top 40 format in the early 1980. It played a lot of R&B/Urban music that rival Top 40, 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 East Desert Inn Road location.
[edit] External links
- KLAV Official Website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KLAV
- Radio Locator Information on KLAV
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