First air date 1986 Facility ID 33068 Frequency 840 kHz Format Talk radio | Class B Callsign meaning kxNews/Talk City of license North Las Vegas Slogan The News Leader | |
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Broadcast area Las Vegas metropolitan area Branding NewsRadio 840 AM/100.5 FM KXNT | ||
KXNT (840 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is owned by CBS Radio and carries a talk radio format The station's studios are located in the unincorporated Clark County area of Spring Valley, while KXNT's transmitter is located near Nellis Air Force Base and serves the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area. KXNT is a Class B station operating on a clear channel frequency. WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky is the dominant Class A station on 840 AM. So KXNT must reduce its power at night, to avoid interfering with WHAS's signal. KXNT operates at 50,000 watts by day and 25,000 watts at night.
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KXNT is licensed to broadcast in the HD radio format. It is also heard on the HD-2 channel of sister station 100.5 KXQQ-FM.
KXNT has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to the KXST transmitter site and decrease night power to 10,000 watts.
Programming
KNXT airs both local and nationally syndicated talk shows. Weekday programs include This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal; Heidi Harris; Rush Limbaugh; Dave Ramsey; Alan Stock; Chad Benson and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, law, real estate, home repair and computers. Syndicated hosts include Kim Komando, Bill Cunningham, Bill Handel, Ric Edelman and Robert Kiyosaki. Some hours are paid Brokered programming.
KNXT carries CBS Radio News and financial reports from Bloomberg Radio. It has a local news alliance with Channel 13 KTNV-TV, the ABC TV Network affiliate in Las Vegas.
History
KXNT signed on the air in 1986 with the call letters KVEG, airing a talk and sports format.
KVEG had a wide variety of talent including Sam Greenfield, Dominick Brascia, Lou Epton, Irwin Schiff and the syndicated Tom Leykis. In 1997, KVEG changed its call letters to KXNT with the "NT" standing for "News/Talk." The station moved to a more traditional Talk Radio line up, airing Rush Limbaugh and Coast to Coast AM previously heard on rival station 720 KDWN. Other shows included Dr. Laura and Bill Handel.
Former Simulcast
Between August 16, 2010 and September 4, 2015, programming on KXNT had been simulcast on its sister FM station 100.5 KXNT-FM, to give listeners who prefer FM that option. That station now airs a Rhythmic Hot AC format, under the new call sign KXQQ-FM, while 840 KXNT continues with its talk format on AM.