KXNT (840

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) is a

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, United States. It is owned and operated by

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and carries a

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. The

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s are located in the unincorporated Clark County area of Spring Valley, while KXNT's

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is located on

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at Great Valley Parkway in North Las Vegas. KXNT is a Class B station operating on a clear channel frequency. WHAS in

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is the dominant Class A station on

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, so KXNT must reduce its power at night to avoid interfering with WHAS's signal. KXNT operates at 50,000

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s by day and 25,000 watts at night. KXNT has been granted an

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to move to the

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transmitter site and decrease night power to 10,000 watts. KXNT is licensed to broadcast in the

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format.

Programming

KXNT airs mostly nationally syndicated talk shows. A local hour is hosted weekdays by Alan Stock at 8 a.m. The rest of the weekday schedule includes ''

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'';

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;

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;

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;

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;

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and ''

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with

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''. Weekends feature shows on money, politics, health, law, real estate, home repair and computers. Syndicated hosts include

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;

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;

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and

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. Some hours feature paid

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. KXNT carries hourly reports

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and financial reports from

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. It has a local news alliance with

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, the

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in Las Vegas.

History

KXNT

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the air in 1986 with the

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KVEG, airing a talk and

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format. It was owned by the Roberts Communications Corp. KVEG had several noted hosts including Sam Greenfield, Dominick Brascia, Lou Epton,

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and the syndicated

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. In 1997, KVEG changed its call letters to KXNT with the "NT" standing for "News/Talk." The station moved to a more traditional talk radio line up, airing

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and ''Coast to Coast AM'' previously heard on rival station

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. Other shows included

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and

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. In 1998,

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acquired KXNT. In December 2005, Infinity was merged into

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. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with

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. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.

Former FM simulcast

Between August 16, 2010 and September 4, 2015, programming on KXNT had been

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on sister FM station KXNT-FM (100.5 FM), to give listeners who prefer FM that option. That station now airs a rhythmic hot adult contemporary format, under the

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KXQQ-FM KXQQ-FM (100.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station located in Henderson, Nevada, broadcasting in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. KXQQ-FM airs a rhythmic hot AC format, billed as "Q100.5." Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station's studios are located i ...

Former hosts

* Heidi Harris *

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References

External links

* {{Entercom XNT News and talk radio stations in the United States XNT Radio stations established in 1986 1986 establishments in Nevada Audacy, Inc. radio stations