KLWN (1320 AM and 101.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. It is licensed to

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, United States. The station is currently owned by Great Plains Media, Inc. and features programming from

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and

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. The station also broadcasts

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

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and

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. KLWN is the flagship radio station of the Jayhawk IMG Sports Network. KLWN is also an affiliate of the

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and carries the entire

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from

. KLWN's FM counterpart is

KKSW KKSW is a radio station in Lawrence, Kansas, broadcasting to the Topeka and Kansas City areas on 105.9 FM. The station offers a Top 40/CHR format. History On August 20, 1963, KLWN-FM first signed on. Its original purpose was a full-time signal ...

, which used to have the KLWN call letters and identified itself as "The Music Station, 106." The stations were owned for years by

Arden Booth George Arden Booth (December 4, 1911–March 10, 2000) was an American politician who served as the Kansas State Senator from the 2nd district from 1971 to 1976. Early life Born in Fairview, Kansas, Booth was the eighth of nine children. ...

, who also served as a Kansas State Senator. Booth had a five-minute daily poetry program called "Poetic License." His son Hank served as general manager, morning news anchor and play-by-play voice of Lawrence High School football games. Hank still calls LHS Football with Matt Llewellyn, while Nick Schwerdt and Craig Hershiser broadcast Free State High School Football game. Schwerdt, Derek Johnson and Hershiser additionally call local high school basketball. The current local lineup consists of the ''KLWN Morning News Watch'' with John Flood and Tyler Jones from 6 to 8am, ''According to the Record'' with Hank Booth from 8 to 9am, ''Radio for Grownups'' with Joel Becker from 9am to noon, ''The Clark Howard Show'' from 12 to 3pm, and ''Rock Chalk Sports Talk'' with Nick Schwerdt and Derek Johnson from 3 to 6pm. Weekend programming includes ''Thinking Out Loud'' with Tyler Jones from 7 to 10am on Saturdays and ''Lewis at Large'' with Warren Lewis from 7 to 8am on Sundays.

Personalities

*Ed Abels, newscaster (1952–1955) was also host of ''Comments on Local Affairs''.Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 10.

References

External links

KLWN website
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