KVGK-LP

KVGK-LP
Broadcast areaLas Vegas metropolitan area
Frequency97.9 MHz
BrandingMagic 97.9 FM
Programming
FormatDefunct (formerly Public radio)
AffiliationsFeature Story News (FSN), T-Mobile, Las Vegas Tribune, Syndication Networks and Public News Service
Ownership
OwnerLas Vegas Public Radio Inc.
History
First air date
2016
Former call signs
KIOF-LP (2014–2023)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID190166
ClassL1
ERP100 watts
HAAT−49.0 meters (−160.8 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°13′1.8″N 115°07′3.8″W / 36.217167°N 115.117722°W / 36.217167; -115.117722
Links
Public license information
LMS
WebcastListen Live
Websitelvpr.org

KVGK-LP (97.9 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Las Vegas, Nevada. The station, founded by Gregory LaPorta, was established in 2010, was owned by Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. and affiliated with Feature Story News (FSN), T-Mobile, the Las Vegas Tribune (a division of Tribune Media Group), Syndication Networks and Public News Service (PNS). Portsonic Communications, LLC was a local community radio investor and management company for Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. KVGK-LP was governed under the Local Community Radio Act of 2010 as a public radio station to the Las Vegas, Nevada valley. The FCC licensed Portsonic Communications, LLC, a commercial company for KVGK-LP 97.9 FM from May 12, 2023 to November 12, 2023 to work on a split of the nation's Low Power FM service through a research and development pilot project running under a Temporary Application for Provisionial Commercial Use at FCC Facility ID: 190166 in North Las Vegas, Nevada where Las Vegas Public Radio had been broadcasting from with the original KIOF-LP 97.9 FM. Because the FCC licensed a commercial company for Low Power FM operations during a short period of time, KVGK-LP 97.9 FM never came to air and was used to trace fatal flaws in the FCC's Licensing and Management System (LMS) during the final report issued by the FCC on May 14, 2024 in FCC DA 24-252. This single report heavily documents why the LPFM Commercial Service never came about over the past 25+ years due to regulatory/statutory blockage.

KVGK-LP generated programming locally in Las Vegas, Nevada. The station began broadcasting on January 9, 2016, with the call sign KIOF-LP. KVGK-LP could be heard on 97.9 FM throughout the Las Vegas and North Las Vegas metropolitan areas as well as the Las Vegas Strip, T-Mobile Arena and Las Vegas Chinatown.

Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. is an independent State of Nevada Public Broadcaster, and is part of the State of Nevada Public Broadcasting System.

On September 4, 2022, Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. returned the broadcast license of the then-KIOF-LP along with the call sign back to the FCC. Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. was in the process of building its new 48,000 Watt FM radio station on KQQY (90.1 FM) as authorized through a construction permit issued by the FCC on June 9, 2022.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVGK-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.