KDWN
City of license	Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast area	Las Vegas metropolitan area
Branding	KDWN-AM 720
Slogan	"News, Traffic, and Weather for Vegas"
First air date	1975
Frequency	720 (kHz)
Format	News/Talk
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	DaWN
Affiliations	Fox News
Owner	Beasley Broadcast Group
Website	www.kdwn.com

KDWN-AM 720 ("News, Traffic, and Weather for Vegas") is an AM radio station owned by Beasley Broadcast Group based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Its frequency is 720 kHz and broadcasts full-time at 50,000 watts, directional. It can be heard throughout most of the Western United States, north into Canada and south into Mexico. KDWN is primarily a news-talk radio station featuring a libertarian-to-conservative outlook with local morning talk show host Heidi Harris and syndicated talk show hosts such as Neal Boortz, Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle, Mark Levin, and Jim Bohannon. KDWN also broadcasts paid radio shows for Las Vegas casinos, local businesses, and other groups. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... The Las Vegas metropolitan area, includes the Las Vegas Valley a 600 square mile (1600 km²) basin, and surrounding areas, that are part of Clark County in southern Nevada. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Amplitude modulation (AM) is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. ... Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Heidi Harris is a radio talk host and columnist based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Neal Boortz (born April 6, 1945), is a U.S. talk radio host. ... Michael Savage is the pseudonym of Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31, 1942), a controversial[1] American conservative talk radio host, author, and political commentator. ... Jerry Doyle (born July 16, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and libertarian radio personality, best known for his role as Michael Garibaldi on the 1990s science fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Mark Reed Levin (b. ... Jim Bohannon is a broadcaster who has worked in both television and radio. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

KDWN also is the station where famous late-night talk show host Art Bell first broadcast his show, Coast to Coast AM. As a word, it is pronunciated as "Kay Dawn". Arthur Art W. Bell, III (June 17, 1945) is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as the founder and a longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

History

KDWN-AM 720 first came on the air in April 1975. They began as a music oriented radio station playing mostly soft adult contemporary. KDWN was one of a string of AM stations that played music around that time in the mid 1970s. The music format lasted until around Christmas 1979. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...

The transition from music to talk began slowly between 1975 and 1980. In the late 1970's, KDWN was usually music and some talk during the day. The talk format was continuing to increase on many AM stations that played music in the late 1970s.

In January 1980, KDWN-AM finally switched to talk radio. KDWN was the only talk station in town and one of the first responders of the 1980 MGM grand fire for which they won an award. [1] KDWN closed its newsroom in the early 1990s, according to a poster on the message board site Radio-Info. [2]KDWN was one of the very first talk stations to air Rush Limbaugh in 1988 but lost his show to rival KXNT in 1996. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. ... KXNT-AM {The Talk Station} is an Infinity owned radio talk station in Las Vegas that is mostly syndicated. ...

KDWN AM 720 had its own local morning show "The Snoozebusters" from the early 1980's until 2006. The show consisted of Jim Austin, Ken Stahl, etc. It was a call-in format and a general discusiion mainly about local issues and national news headlines.

KDWN was founded by A.J. Williams, who owned the station until his death in 2005. [3]. KDWN was unique in that, unlike most Las Vegas stations, it remained independent of large radio chains such as Clear Channel and Infinity Broadcasting. The continuity of ownership ensured a continuity of station sound. The station continued to rely on aging hosts who in some cases had been with the station since it started in the talk format. The station did well in the ratings as one of the first generation of talk stations, but began a slow decline in the early 1990s. In some ways the station is a stylistic throwback to 1970s talk radio. Call screening was not used until recently [4], and the station has a disproportionate amount of locally originated talk for a market the size of Las Vegas. [5]. In March of 2006, Beasley Broadcast Group announced plans to buy the station for $17 million. [6] A Las Vegas newspaper reported a rumor that KDWN would change to an all-sports format effective July 1, 2006, however, this has not happened. As reported on Wake Up, America on July 21, 2006 by Jim Dallas, audience backlash against the change has resulted in no change to the current talk-radio format. Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. ...

In the fall of 2006, Beasley introduced a news/talk format which has a locally-produced morning drive time show, but most of its lineup consists of nationally syndicated shows.

For many years, KDWN broadcast from the second floor of the Union Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. The south end of The Strip. ...

Notable current and former hosts Of KDWN

• Ted Bair (?-2006) (Retired in February 2006, Moved To Idaho)
• Tru Hawkins (? - 2006) (Retired September of 2006, moved to San Marcos, Texas. Currently does voice overs & internet talk radio in Texas & Nevada.)
• Jim Dallas (employment status pending current developments)
• Art Bell (No longer on station)
• Double O Seven : Traffic/Annoucer/ Early 1980s (Deceased)
• Linda Tallover : KDWN News Anchor & Reporter/1980s til early 1990s
• Lee Pete
• Jim Allen (Currently Works For KKOB AM 770 in Alburquerque, NM as Jim Villanucci)
• Doug Basham (Syndicated) [http://www.dougbasham.com/)
• Harvey Allen (1988-1994) (Does commercial voiceovers)
• Gayle Allen (Host Of Lifelines With Gayle Allen) - 1999 ?
• Jim Austin (? - 1992 ?
• Lou Epton (moved to KKVV 1060 AM, then retired)
• Stephanie Roberts began as Ken Stahl's liberal co-host mid-days in the '80s, then moved to AM Drive as Host with Stahl as anchor when KDWN replaced music with a news block (She's been an anchor/reporter at KNX, Los Angeles since 1995)
• Ken Stahl (Retired)
• Mark Edwards (Retired, moved to the fox river valley region near Oshkosh, Wisconsin In 2006 - Wake Up America Show with Mark Edwards simulcast on KFNX AM 1100, Phoenix, AZ Sunday nights )
• Jack Daniels {? - 1989
• Mike England (?)
• Ken Koester (? - 2001) (retired in 2001, moved to northern California)
• Cheryl Godfrey (1993-2000) (No longer in broadcasting)
• Heidi Harris (1998, 2007-present)
• "Part Time" Pete Moss (2002-2006) (Works overnights at KCAA 1050 AM - San Bernadino, CA)
• Hart Kirch {Hosts own weekday morning talk show on KLAV AM 1230 - Las Vegas}
• Las Vegas Psychic Mystic Mona hosts her call-in program each Sunday evening at 7pm

Arthur Art W. Bell, III (June 17, 1945) is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as the founder and a longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland. ... Mark Edwards Mark Edwards is the current host of the radio show Wake up America, Monday-Fridays from 10:00 PM {PST} – 12:00 AM {PST} for KDWN-AM 720, and is very passionate about the topic of illegal aliens; the primary topics on the show relate to illegal aliens... Heidi Harris is a radio talk host and columnist based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

KDWN TRAFFIC

• KDWN has Traffic every six minutes in the morning with broadcasting pro and Director Mark Thomas (KDWN, KMEN, KOLA, KKBH, KWNR) and Super Commuter Scott Brocato(KDWN, KUNQ, WCBW, KEZK, WIL, KSD, KUSA, WKLS), and 4 times an hour during the day with Ira Clayton (KDWN, KTSC), KDWN's Traffic is produced by the multi-talented Tony Valdez (KDWN,KLSX, KNX, KRTH, KBIG,KOST, KLSQ, KISF, KRGT, KVCM, KOKO)also part of the traffic team is CJ Greene (KDWN, KUUY, KHIT, KOH, KSNI, KKJG). All together they have the most accurate radio traffic to date and in the market.

References

Founder of KDWN 720 AM Talk radio Dies [7]

KDWN Program Schedule [8]

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for KDWN
• KDWN website
• [9] Old KDWN Studio Photos
• [10] Tru Hawkins internet radio show