KXTE (107.5
FM, X107-5) is a
hot talk
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/
alternative rock
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radio station
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licensed to
Pahrump,
Nevada
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. Owned by
Beasley Broadcast Group
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owned 63 stations under the Beasley Media Group name.
History
The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasl ...
, the station's studios are located in the unincorporated
Clark County area of
Spring Valley, while its transmitter is atop
Potosi Mountain.
History
K-Love (1986-1988)
KLVV began broadcasting in Las Vegas on the 107.5
frequency
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in April 1986. It was an adult contemporary station as "K-Love."
Oldies 108 (1988-1992)
In November 1988, the station, now owned by
EZ Communications
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, became KUDA, "Oldies 108 FM."
Norm N. Nite Norm N. Nite (born Norman Durma, January 25, 1941), is the author of the ''Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock N' Roll'' book series. Nite began his career as a disk jockey at WGAR (AM) in Cleveland and later at WMJI there. He went ...
once had a show on the station, called ''Solid Gold Scrapbook''. In 1989, KUDA was purchased by Americom Broadcasting, which owned stations in Reno and Fresno.
KFBI (1992-1996)
Americom, headed by Tom Quinn, added
Howard Stern
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’s show to the station in 1992, changed the station's call letters to KFBI and transitioned from oldies to classic rock in 1993. This was the first time Stern agreed to appear on a station outside of a top-10 radio market, and KFBI immediately surged to the top of ratings in Las Vegas, making KFBI the city's dominant radio station.
Alternative rock (1996-2022)
Three years later, in April 1996, Americom sold KFBI to American Radio Systems (ARS), where PD Mike Stern and GM Alan Gray changed the call letters to KXTE, flipped the station's format to
alternative rock
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, and rebranded the station as “X 107-5”. ARS later merged with
Infinity Broadcasting
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(now
CBS Radio
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).
Stern stayed on KXTE until the station pulled him in November 2005, a month before he left terrestrial radio for
Sirius Satellite Radio
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Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Sirius ...
. He was replaced by
Adam Carolla
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, which began airing on January 3, 2006, and ended on February 20, 2009. Dave Farra and Jason Mahoney, hosts of ''The Dave and Mahoney Morning Show'', returned to the Las Vegas airwaves to take over mornings on April 20, 2009. On August 3, 2015, it was announced that ''Dave and Mahoney'' would re-locate from Las Vegas to CBS Radio sister station
KHMX
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in Houston. On January 15, 2017, it was announced that the show would return to KXTE starting February 6.
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with
Entercom
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(now Audacy). The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.
On September 14, 2020, KXTE rebranded as ''Alt 107-5'' as part of a nationwide expansion of networked programming and the ''Alt'' brand across Entercom's alternative stations. By mid-2022, the station had dropped most of the out of market programming and was being programmed again locally.
On October 6, 2022, it was announced that Audacy and
Beasley Broadcast Group
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owned 63 stations under the Beasley Media Group name.
History
The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasl ...
would swap a pair of stations in Las Vegas, with Audacy swapping ownership of KXTE to Beasley in exchange for
KDWN
KDWN (720 AM) is a commercial radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc.. The station pronounces its call letters as "K-Dawn." The station's studios are located in the unincorporated Clark County area of Spring Valley ...
. The company stated that the syndicated ''Dave & Mahoney'' show, based at KXTE, will remain on the station upon the closure of the deal.
Beasley would begin operating the station through a
local marketing agreement
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on November 14, at which time the station dismissed the entirety of the airstaff and began running jockless with limited imaging outside of ''Dave & Mahoney''.
Hot talk (2022-present)
On December 19, 2022, KXTE returned to its prior branding as ''X107-5'' with the new slogan "Xtreme Radio", and changed its weekday lineup to focus on
hot talk
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programs; ''Dave & Mahoney'' remains the station's morning/flagship show, and would be joined by the syndicated ''
Free Beer and Hot Wings Show'' at midday, and ''Dave & Chuck the Freak'' from sister station
WRIF
WRIF (101.1 FM) is a commercial active rock radio station licensed in Detroit, Michigan and serving Metro Detroit as well as bordering city Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The station is currently owned by Beasley Media Group. WRIF is a grandfathered ...
in Detroit (which airs live in the early morning, and is replayed in afternoon drive). Alternative rock will continue to be featured during overnights and weekends.
Other appearances
Dave Farra's interview with cast members from the 2011 season of
MTV
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reality television series, ''
The Real World: Las Vegas'', who were promoting their fundraiser for "Let the Kids Rock" to raise money for school children, was depicted in that season's finale, which premiered on June 1, 2011.
KXTE HD programming
*KXTE-HD2 signed on its
HD Radio
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programming in 2001 with X2, a deep tracks alternative format, then in 2010, flipped to an all-80s format branded as "Rewind". On January 22, 2014, KXTE-HD2 flipped to
dance radio
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While the format is popular in Europe and Asia, it has yet to make an impact in North America, although there are several top 40 and rhythmic radio stations ...
, branded as "SIN 107.5".
“SIN” would later be replaced with a classic hits format, branded as “DLC Radio” and sponsored full-time by short-term loan provider Dollar Loan Center.
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Modern rock radio stations in the United States
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1986 establishments in Nevada