KAVL AM 610 KHz, Lancaster, CA, is currently off the air a/o 5/24/2025, as is its translator, K294DA FM 106.7 MHz, Rosamond, CA. FCC status is currently "Licensed and silent." FCC status: 6/9/2025. KAVL (610 AM, "Fox Sports 610") is a commercial

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that is licensed to

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and serves the

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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 for $4 million. Jacor would be purchased by

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the following year. KAVL then began

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...

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

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, 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 Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

, and the

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(through

Westwood One Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1976. The co ...

). 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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