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| Broadcast area | Lancaster—Palmdale, California |
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| Frequency | 610kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 610 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | High Desert Broadcasting |
| KTPI,KTPI-FM,KQAV | |
| History | |
First air date | October 13, 1950 (at 1340) |
Former frequencies | 1340kHz (1950–1957) |
Call sign meaning | AntelopeValleyLancaster |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2318 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 4,900watts (day) 4,000 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°42′22″N118°10′36″W / 34.70611°N 118.17667°W /34.70611; -118.17667 |
| Translator(s) | 106.7MHz K294DA (Rosamond) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 610foxsports.com |
KAVL (610AM, "Fox Sports 610") is a commercialradio station that islicensed toLancaster, California and serves theAntelope Valley area. The station is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts asports radio format as an affiliate ofFox Sports Radio. KAVL has a directional-east 4900-watt signal during the day and a directional-south 4000-watt signal at night. It is the Los Angeles home of theRich Eisen Show.
KAVL first signed on September 8, 1950 on 1340 kHz. It moved to 610 kHz in 1957. For many years, KAVL broadcast asports radio format with the branding "Sports Radio 610".
In September 1998, Antelope Broadcasting sold its three stations — KAVL,KAVS, andKYHT — toJacor Communications for $4 million.[2] Jacor would be purchased byClear Channel Communications the following year. KAVL then begansimulcastingKXTA (XTRA Sports 1150) in Los Angeles. For a brief period, KAVL itself was simulcast onKBET (1220 AM) inSanta Clarita.
In 2007, publicly traded Clear Channel announced it was becoming a privately held corporation. As a condition of its approval of the plan, theFederal Communications Commission (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.[3] In January 2008, Clear Channel transferred KAVL andcountry music stationKTPI-FM to the Aloha Stations Trust.[4] In December 2011, RZ Media LLC, owned by Saul Rosenzweig, purchased KAVL and KTPI-FM from the trust, andKTPI (AM) from Clear Channel directly, for a total of $800,000.[5]
Since the Jacor/Clear Channel merger, KAVL's lineup has consisted almost entirely ofFox Sports Radio programming. The station also features radio broadcasts of theLos Angeles Dodgers, theLos Angeles Lakers, and theNational Football League (throughWestwood One). KAVL is the longest-running Dodgers affiliate in Southern California, having broadcast the Dodgers since 1958.