KAVL (610 AM, "Fox Sports 610") is a commercial

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that is

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Lancaster, California Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 173,51 ...

and serves the

Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the ...

area. The station is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts a

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format as an affiliate of

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. KAVL has a directional-east 4900-

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signal during the day and a directional-south 4000-watt signal at night. It is the Los Angeles home of the '' Rich Eisen Show''.

History

KAVL first signed on September 8, 1950 on 1340 kHz. It moved to 610 kHz in 1957. For many years, KAVL broadcast a

format with the branding "Sports Radio 610". In September 1998, Antelope Broadcasting sold its three stations — KAVL, KAVS, and KYHT — to

Jacor Communications Jacor Communications was a media corporation, existing between 1987 and 1999, which owned many radio stations in the United States. In 1998, Jacor was purchased by Clear Channel Communications, now iHeartMedia, for $2.8 billion. Jacor Communicat ...

for $4 million. Jacor would be purchased by

Clear Channel Communications iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company fou ...

the following year. KAVL then began

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ing KXTA (XTRA Sports 1150) in Los Angeles. For a brief period, KAVL itself was simulcast on KBET (1220 AM) in

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. In 2007, publicly traded Clear Channel announced it was becoming a privately held corporation. As a condition of its approval of the plan, the

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(FCC) required the company to divest 194 stations in markets where it exceeded ownership limits by placing them into a trust until they are sold. In January 2008, Clear Channel transferred KAVL and

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station

KTPI-FM KTPI-FM (97.7 FM, "97-7 KTPI") is a commercial radio station which is licensed to Mojave, California and serves the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. It is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts a country music format. History Early ...

to the Aloha Stations Trust. In December 2011, RZ Media LLC, owned by Saul Rosenzweig, purchased KAVL and KTPI-FM from the trust, and

KTPI (AM) KTPI (1340 AM, "News Talk 1340 KTPI") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Mojave, California, United States and serves the Antelope Valley area. The station is owned by RZ Radio LLC and airs a news/talk format. KTPI is the radio hom ...

from Clear Channel directly, for a total of $800,000.

Programming

Since the Jacor/Clear Channel merger, KAVL's lineup has consisted almost entirely of

programming. The station also features radio broadcasts of the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

, the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

, and the

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(through

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). KAVL is the longest-running Dodgers affiliate in Southern California, having broadcast the Dodgers since 1958.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KAVL
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