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Grounds of the fabulous El Rancho Vegas.' Later, K elch built a new studio Identify the radio station, and note that it was 'broadcasting from the Every 20 minutes or so, the announcer would

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It was free studio space in a high-visibility location. 'Max, if I moved your radio station, your tower,Д®verything, to my property, would you move over there?' he asked. Rancho Vegas in 1941, casino man Tommy Hull made Kelch an offer he The federal realignment of radio stations moved Issued Maand granted Jfor 100 watts & 250 watts

The site now occupied by Montgomery Ward.В The construction permit was In 1931 by gambler Tony 'The Admiral' Cornero on the Boulder Highway at KENO's first broadcast facility was the old MeadowsД¬lub, which Laura Belle dubbed 'The extinct nightclub.' It had been built The Las Vegas Review-Journal in their story 'The firstДЎ00 people who shaped Southern Nevada' tells the story of the station's Kelch their first choice had been assigned to a ship at sea, so KENO it In his application to the FCC for call letters, they feltД¬ertain the 'vanity' calls KENO would be denied, so their first choice was Sign on, KGIX-AM was close to downtown on Stewart near 12th street but it had Las Vegas actually had a station prior to KENO's Support from local businesses who contributed to the 'Live Wire Fund.' Surviving station, KENO-AM.В Max was an MIT graduate and brilliant That changed Novemwhen Maxwell Kelch signed on Las Vegas' first radio Were the first choice and at night other strong signals could be heardДЇrom accross the country. Had to listen to the closest signal they could pick up, Los Angeles AM's and CandaД«efore there were radio stations in Las Vegas residents Your source for broadcasting news (and tower information) in the northeastern U.S. Jukebox did offer some proof that decades ago, a trend which would laterД«ecome widespread in the industry had beginnings in Las Vegas around 1960. Possibly the first automated station in Las Vegas, and the first of many I haven't found any more evidence to back up Gordie's story about what was Live people wasn't accepted, the ratings tanked and the owners ended up New owners came in and decided to automate it, get rid of the disc jokeysДЄnd installed a jukebox to play all the records. The market leaders.they even beat them in the ratings, Gordie said. Went top-40 and had pretty good success, taking on KENO and KRAM who were 'King KLAS' was the station's slogan Gordie said, reflecting the call There was no coin slot in this 'jukebox' though, for it had a similarДЇunction but different application: it was KLAV's automation equipment Which looked very much like a jukebox, with the Seeberg logo on the front. Collecting dust in the corner of the building was a long box History-it was the first location of Vegas' first radio station KENO-AM Montgomery Wards on East Charleston, a site which had quite a bit of radio Gordie took me out to the KLAV transmitter site which used to be behind Gordon Atterberry, who was KLAV's chief engineer in the early 1970s. Where are they now? The DJs, newspeople, and unsung radio heroes from out of our past! In memory of Sam O'Neil, a broadcasters we lost way too soon. Handle on this town's radio past, focusing primarily on the first 56 years of Las Vegas radio, but I hope to inform and give the rest of the world a This website is by no means the definitive history of

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None are complete plus they don't give enough background to the many colorful individuals who have worked behind the microphone and on There's a smattering of Wikepedia articles on individual stations Listening to Las Vegas radio since 1963 and being employed in broadcasting since 1971, I have accumulated quite a bit of information on the relatively brief broadcast history of this once dusty town in the desert.

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