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| Broadcast area | Golden Triangle |
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| Frequency | 560kHz |
| Branding | KLVI NewsTalk 560 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KCOL-FM,KIOC,KKMY,KYKR-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1, 1924; 101 years ago (1924-10-01) |
Former call signs | KFDM (1924–1963) |
Call sign meaning | "LVI" is 56 inRoman numerals[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25580 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klvi.iheart.com |
KLVI (560AM, "News Talk 560") is an Americancommercialradio station inBeaumont, Texas.[3] It broadcasts atalk radioformat and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. Theradio studios and offices are on Dowlen Road in Beaumont, nearU.S. Route 69.
By day, KLVI transmits 5,000wattsnon-directional. At night, to protect other stations on560 AM, it uses adirectional antenna with a four-tower array. Thetransmitter is off Tower Road inBridge City.[4]
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Weekdays begin withThe Morning Show hosted by Al Caldwell, who has been with KLVI for more than four decades. He is followed bynationally syndicated shows includingThe Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Michael Berry Show,The Ramsey Show withDave Ramsey,Coast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory andAmerica in the Morning.
Weekends feature shows on health, money, technology and cars. Syndicated shows includeThe Kim Komando Show,Somewhere in Time with Art Bell andLive on Sunday Night, It's Bill Cunningham as well as repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with world and national news fromFox News Radio.
The station firstsigned on, as KFDM, on October 1, 1924. It was the first radio station inSoutheast Texas. In the 1930s, it was owned by the Sabine Broadcasting Company with studios in the million-dollarHotel Beaumont.[5] It transmitted with 1,000 watts by day and 500 watts at night.
In the 1940s, KFDM was given permission to boost nighttime power to 1,000 watts, same as the daytime. KLVI became anaffiliate of theNBC Blue Network, carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports,soap operas,game shows andbig band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."[6] The Blue Network later becameABC Radio. As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s and 1960s, KLVI switched to afull service,middle of the road format of popular adult music, news, talk and sports.
The station was assigned thecall sign KLVI by theFederal Communications Commission[7] on December 31, 1963;[8] the call change took place after the radio station came under separate ownership fromKFDM-TV.[9] On-air personality Al Caldwell is credited with booking the first public performance ever played byZZ Top, at aKnights of Columbus hall in Beaumont on February 10, 1970,[10] though he was working at crosstown 1450KAYC at the time.
KLVI was a pop/top40 music station through the middle 70s but flipped to a country format in 1977. Later, it addedAM stereo using the MotorolaC-QUAM method. In the 1980s, KLVI added more talk programs and reduced the music, as music listening increasingly became the domain of FM radio. By the 1990s, the station made the full transition to talk radio.Clear Channel Communications, based inSan Antonio, acquired KLVI in 2000.[11] Clear Channel later switched its name to iHeartMedia, Inc.
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