KRLV (920

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) is a commercial AM

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, United States, serving the

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. Owned by

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, KRLV airs a

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focused on the

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of the

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. The station's studios and offices are located in the unincorporated community of Spring Valley in Clark County. A secondary studio is located at the Raiders headquarters and practice facility in

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is located off Wild Jan Drive, northwest of downtown Las Vegas.

History

Early years as KORK

In 1951, the station first

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as KORK at 1340

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s. KORK was owned by the Vegas Valley Broadcasting Company, located in the Hotel Thunderbird, and it was powered at only 250

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s. KORK was an

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affiliate, broadcasting NBC's schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports,

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s and

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remotes. In 1955, it was bought by the Southwestern Broadcasting Company, which put Channel 3, KORK-TV (later KVBC, now

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) on the air in that same year. In 1961 KORK got an FM counterpart, 97.1 KORK-FM (now KXPT).

Move to AM 920

In 1968, KORK, airing a

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Middle of The Road format, moved to 920 on the AM dial. Going to the 920 spot allowed KORK to increase its daytime power to 5,000 watts and slightly boost its nighttime power to 500 watts. The 920 facility was first licensed in 1948 as KRAM; that call sign concurrently moved to the 1340 license. During its heyday under the ownership of

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, KORK was among the most popular stations in Las Vegas for adults. Its lineup included well-known

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s, such as Red McIlvaine, Walt Reno and Ron Murphy. The simulcast morning

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newscasts of KORK/KORK-FM in the 1970s kept both stations high in the ratings. During the latter part of the decade, the newsroom was led by news director Bill Buckmaster (later a talk show host at KWFM in Tucson) and included reporters Jackie Glass (now a District Court Judge in Las Vegas) and Steven L. Herman, (currently a

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correspondent in Asia). The trio was frequently heard on

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radio network newscasts. By the early 1980s, KORK became an adult standards station, airing NBC Radio News at the beginning of each hour.

Sports KBAD

KORK changed its call sign to KBAD on April 4, 1997 and began airing an all-sports format. It was known briefly as "K-BAD AM 920." KBAD was an ESPN Radio affiliate until March 3, 2008, when that programming was transferred to

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. It then picked up Fox Sports Radio programming from

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, which in turn affiliated with

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. KBAD aired ''

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'' until its move to CBS Sports Radio, whose Las Vegas affiliate is

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. On July 1, 2013, KBAD switched affiliations to

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and rebranded as ''920 The Game"'' On August 5, 2019, KBAD became one of the first terrestrial radio stations in the country dedicated entirely to sports betting, as the station became an affiliate of The BetR Network.

As KRLV

The call sign was changed to KRLV on March 20, 2020; the call sign was transferred from its sister station on 1340, now

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. On July 27, 2020, Lotus Communications announced that KRLV and KOMP would become the new flagship stations of the

of the NFL after the team moved, and that KRLV would relaunch with a new on-air lineup as ''Raider Nation Radio''. The new lineup and branding launched on August 3, 2020 including a morning show co-hosted by Clay Baker and

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, a show hosted by the Raiders lead

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at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and

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, a show hosted by

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, and a weekly show hosted by the team's head coach. The former "The Game" programming moved to

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. On January 11, 2021, the station added The Rich Eisen Show after dropping

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's show Greeny after it moved to a new timeslot. The second and third hours of the show are carried. The station otherwise features programming from

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when not airing Raiders content.

Programming

Alongside the Raiders, the station is also the flagship station of the

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radio network and carries select games from the

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. In the 2019–20 season, KRLV (then KBAD) broadcast

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and

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games. The station was previously an affiliate for the San Diego Chargers and was the flagship station of the former

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before they moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Boxing analyst

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once had a weekday show on KBAD.

References

External links

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