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KXTE
Broadcast area
Las Vegas metropolitan area
Frequency107.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingX107-5
Programming
FormatAlternative rock
SubchannelsHD2: Country music "NuTune Country"
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
July 1988 (1988-07)
Former call signs
  • KLVV (1986–88)
  • KUDA (1988–93)
  • KFBI (1993–96)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
2100
ClassC
ERP24,500 watts
HAAT1,137 meters (3,730 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°57′58″N 115°30′07″W / 35.966°N 115.502°W / 35.966; -115.502
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.x1075lasvegas.com

KXTE (107.5 FM, X107-5) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pahrump, Nevada, and serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area. It is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group and broadcasts an alternative rock format from its transmitter atop Potosi Mountain in Blue Diamond. KXTE is the flagship station of the nationally syndicated weekday program Dave and Mahoney. KXTE's studios are on South Durango Drive in Las Vegas.

This station began broadcasting in 1988 as adult contemporary KLVV, soon flipping to oldies under the KUDA call sign. After acquiring the rights to The Howard Stern Show, it flipped to classic rock in 1992 as KFBI. Upon its 1996 purchase by American Radio Systems, this station flipped to alternative rock, a format it maintained for most of the next three decades. In 2026, Beasley announced it would sell the KXTE facility to K-Love Inc. and move its format and call sign to what is currently KVGS.

History

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Early years

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In July 1988, this station began broadcasting as KLVV. Owned by Minority Media–Pahrump, it was the first station to broadcast from Potosi Mountain and broadcast a satellite-fed adult contemporary format.[2] EZ Communications purchased the station the month it began broadcasting.[3] Shortly after starting, in November, KLVV became KUDA[4] and flipped to oldies.[5] Americom, a company headed by Tom Quinn which also owned stations in the Reno and Fresno markets, acquired KUDA in 1989 for $4 million, doubling EZ's investment in a year.[3]

Americom added The Howard Stern Show to KUDA's lineup in November 1992,[6] making it the 10th station to air the shock jock.[7] Stern brought listeners to mornings but was broadly incompatible with the softer oldies the station carried, leading the station in late December to flip to classic rock and change call signs to KFBI, with a fingerprint in its logo. KFBI competed with KKLZ, making Las Vegas one of few markets at that time with dueling classic rock stations, let alone two stations in the top 10 in the ratings.[8] The Federal Communications Commission assessed a $73,750 fine to KFBI for carrying indecent comments made by Stern on his program.[9]

Alternative rock era

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Crescent Communications bought KFBI for $6 million in 1995.[10] Within a year, it sold the station, along with KMZQ (100.5 FM) and KVEG (840 AM) to American Radio Systems (ARS) for $30 million.[11] ARS realigned its four FM stations to target more specific demographics. Under new program director Mike Stern, the station flipped to alternative rock as KXTE "X107.5, Extreme Radio".[12] The move was made because ARS found many of its listeners going to competing alternative outlet KEDG.[13] It sold its properties to CBS Radio the next year.[14]

Stern stayed on KXTE until the station pulled him in November 2005, a month before he left terrestrial radio for Sirius Satellite Radio, due to an early-expiring contract.[15] He was replaced by Adam Carolla, which began airing on January 3, 2006, and ended on February 20, 2009. Dave Farra and Jason Mahoney, hosts of The Dave and Mahoney Morning Show, returned to the Las Vegas airwaves to take over mornings on April 20, 2009. On August 3, 2015, it was announced that Dave and Mahoney would re-locate from Las Vegas to CBS Radio sister station KHMX in Houston.[16] On January 15, 2017, it was announced that the show would return to KXTE starting February 6.[17] CBS Radio merged with Entercom in 2017.[18][19][20]

Logo as "Alt 107.5"

On September 14, 2020, KXTE rebranded as Alt 107.5 as part of a nationwide expansion of networked programming and the Alt brand across Entercom's alternative stations. As part of this, KXTE program director and afternoon host Ross Mahoney was let go, while Dave & Mahoney remained in mornings and would be syndicated to San Diego sister station KBZT. In addition, KXTE added Nicole Alvarez from KROQ-FM in Los Angeles for middays, Church of Lazlo from KRBZ in Kansas City for afternoons, and Kevan Kenney and Bryce Segall from WNYL in New York City for nights and overnights, respectively.[21][22] Entercom renamed itself Audacy, Inc. in 2021.[23]

Beasley ownership

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Audacy and Beasley Broadcast Group engaged in a station swap in 2022 in which Beasley received KXTE in exchange for KDWN and translator K268CS. Beasley stated that the syndicated Dave & Mahoney show, based at KXTE, would remain on the station upon the closure of the deal.[24] Beasley began operating the station through a local marketing agreement on November 14, at which time the station dismissed the entirety of the airstaff and began running jockless with limited imaging outside of Dave & Mahoney.[24] On December 19, 2022, KXTE returned to its prior X107.5 branding and changed its weekday lineup to focus on hot talk programs. Dave & Mahoney remained the station's morning show and was joined by the syndicated Free Beer and Hot Wings Show in middays, and Dave & Chuck the Freak from sister station WRIF in Detroit (which aired live in early mornings and was replayed in afternoon drive). Alternative rock continued to be featured during overnights and weekends.[25]

The hot talk format failed to make an impact in the market. In July 2023, Beasley hired Carlota Gonzales, a former host on KXTE and KOMP, and brought the station back to alternative with a classic lean, dropping Free Beer and Hot Wings as part of what it called a "music takeover".[26]

Sale to K-Love, Inc.

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On August 3, 2026, Beasley announced it would sell the license of KXTE to K-Love, Inc., with the station set to flip to their titular contemporary Christian music programming (previously heard in the market on KLVG-LD). Beasley concurrently announced the "X" format would move to what was then KVGS upon sale closure.[27]

KXTE HD programming

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  • KXTE-HD2 signed on its HD Radio programming in 2001 with X2, a deep tracks alternative format, then in 2010, flipped to an all-80s format branded as "Rewind". On January 22, 2014, KXTE-HD2 flipped to dance radio, branded as "SIN 107.5".[28][29] “SIN” would later be replaced with a classic hits format, branded as “DLC Radio” and sponsored full-time by short-term loan provider Dollar Loan Center.

References

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  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KXTE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Weatherford, Mike (September 25, 1988). "Making radio waves: New antenna, relay station on Mount Potosi give area FM stations a larger audience". Las Vegas Review-Journal. pp. 1D, 10D.
  3. 1 2 "Transactions". Radio & Records. July 14, 1989. p. 11. ProQuest 1017226338.
  4. ↑ "For the Record: Call Letters". Broadcasting. November 28, 1988. p. 138. ProQuest 1016923769.
  5. ↑ Ross, Sean (November 26, 1988). "Vox Jox". Billboard. p. 10. ProQuest 1438664783.
  6. ↑ McKinnon, Shaun (October 29, 1992). "Raunchy patter draws hefty fine". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 1B. ProQuest 259871027.
  7. ↑ Finnigan, David (November 23, 1992). "Morning Radio Race: Shock, Schlock, Schtick and Country". Las Vegas Business Press. p. 19. ProQuest 199313733.
  8. ↑ Boehlert, Eric (June 26, 1993). "Two Vegas Stations Bet On Classic-Rock Format". Billboard. p. 78. ProQuest 1505971063.
  9. ↑ "Nevada Radio Station Fined for Airing Indecent Talk of N.Y. Disc Jockey". The Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press. August 13, 1993. p. C6. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Transactions". Radio & Records. May 12, 1995. p. 6. ProQuest 1017284451.
  11. ↑ Rathbun, Elizabeth A. (April 22, 1996). "Radio station trading hot". Broadcasting & Cable. p. 17. ProQuest 1016948176.
  12. ↑ "ARS Flips Two Las Vegas Properties: Stern Alternative 'FBI PD; 'JMZ now Hot AC". Radio & Records. April 26, 1996. p. 11. ProQuest 1017281242.
  13. ↑ Schiffman, Marc (October 18, 1997). "Vegas' KXTE Is A Tale Of 2 Sterns: Mike & Howard". Billboard. p. 86. ProQuest 1506035046.
  14. ↑ "ARS Cashes Out, Goes To CBS". Radio & Records. September 26, 1997. p. 6. ProQuest 1017304901.
  15. ↑ White, Ken (October 26, 2005). "KXTE pulling plug early on Stern". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 1A. ProQuest 260233576.
  16. ↑ Weatherford, Mike (August 3, 2015). "X107.5 morning team moving to Houston". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015.
  17. ↑ Katsilometes, John (January 15, 2017). "External forces bring popular morning DJs back to Vegas radio waves". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  18. ↑ Venta, Lance (February 2, 2017). "CBS Radio to Merge with Entercom". RadioInsight.
  19. ↑ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  20. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  21. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 11, 2020). "Entercom Sets Programming Plans for Alternative & Country". RadioInsight.
  22. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 13, 2020). "Entercom Rebrands Alternative Stations in Buffalo, Kansas City, Las Vegas & Richmond". RadioInsight.
  23. ↑ Spangler, Todd (March 30, 2021). "Entercom Changes Name to Audacy, Kills Off Radio.com Brand". Variety. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  24. 1 2 "Beasley And Audacy Swap Stations In Las Vegas". RadioInsight. October 7, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  25. ↑ "Alt 107.5 Las Vegas Returns To Former X107.5 Branding With Hot Talk Flip". RadioInsight. December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  26. ↑ Venta, Lance (July 28, 2023). "Carlota Takes Over X107.5 Las Vegas, Bringing the Music Back". RadioInsight.
  27. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 3, 2026). "K-Love To Acquire WNKS Charlotte, KXTE Las Vegas". RadioInsight.
  28. ↑ "EDM Spins Into Las Vegas On 'Sin 1075' HD" from All Access (January 22, 2014)
  29. ↑ "HD Radio station guide for Las Vegas, NV". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
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