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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas Valley |
| Frequency | 720 kHz |
| Branding | 101.5 FM 720 AM KDWN |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (was talk radio and brokered programming) |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | April 7, 1975 |
Last air date |
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Former call signs | KQRX (1972-75; CP) |
Call sign meaning | "Dawn" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54686 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′3.89″N 115°2′45.01″W / 36.2677472°N 115.0458361°W |
| Translator(s) | 101.5 K268CS (Las Vegas, relays KMXB-HD3) |
| Repeater(s) | 94.1 KMXB-HD3 (Henderson) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
KDWN (720 AM) was a commercial radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc.. The station pronounced its call letters as "K-Dawn". The station's studios were located in the unincorporated Clark County area of Spring Valley. Programming was also heard on 250-watt FM translator station K268CS on 101.5 MHz.[2] KDWN aired a talk radio format. It ran several nationally syndicated conservative talk hosts, along with local shows, most of which were brokered programming. National hosts included Brian Kilmeade, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. Other hours were devoted to money, health, real estate and sports. In most cases, the local hosts paid for their time on the air and were permitted to run their own advertising. Most hours on weekdays began with world and national news from Fox News Radio. A local staff provided Nevada news, weather and traffic. Weather coverage was supplied by NBC Network affiliate KSNV.
KDWN's original 50,000-watt transmitter was on Galleria Drive in Henderson, and was nondirectional in the day and used three inline towers to produce a directional night signal nulled toward WGN on the same channel in Chicago. In 2020, it moved to a new site shared with KXST on North Sloan Lane in North Las Vegas. KDWN broadcast with 25,000 watts during daytime hours and 7,500 watts at night, still protecting WGN with an asymmetrical three-tower pattern.[3] While the original nighttime signal could be heard throughout most of the Western United States, north into Canada and south into Mexico,[4] the new signal had less coverage but was more economical, continuing to cover the local area using less spent power. KDWN also served as Southern Nevada's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.
KDWN broadcast, along with KXST, ceased operations on March 1, 2023. The station's previous programming and branding continues to be heard on K268CS and KMXB-HD3.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDWN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/K268CS
- ^ "FCCinfo search for KDWN archive records". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KDWN-AM