KMZQ 670

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, ("AM 670 KMZQ") is a

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. The station airs a

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and is owned and operated by Kemp Broadcasting & Digital Media. It was granted by the

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(FCC) with

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to decrease its daytime

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to 25,000

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s from the original 30,000. It uses a

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by day. Because

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A

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, KMZQ must drastically reduce its nighttime power to 600 watts, using a

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. The

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is off

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at Alamo Road in Las Vegas.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KSXX on October 10, 2003. On October 26, 2004, the station changed its call sign to KBTB and on July 29, 2008 to the current KMZQ. It signed on as KMZQ in 2008. On March 1, 2018, KMZQ changed their format from sports to talk, branded as "The Right Talk".KMZQ Las Vegas to Flip to Conservative Talk
Radioinsight - February 26, 2018

Local programming and staff

* Kevin Wall, Host of ''Live & Local – Now!'' on weekday afternoons and evenings from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on KMZQ.

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* News and talk radio stations in the United States MZQ Radio stations established in 2003 {{Nevada-radio-station-stub