KBAD AM

AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...

 920 is a Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...

 affiliate and local sports station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned by Lotus Broadcasting

Lotus Broadcasting

Lotus Broadcasting a radio broadcasting company based in Spring Valley, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas.-History:On July 1, 2001 the company's Las Vegas area stations moved into a new facility...

. KBAD was formerly known as KORK-AM prior to 1997.

KORK

During its heyday under the ownership of Donrey Media KORK with an adult contemporary format was among the most popular stations in Las Vegas for the 18+ listenership. Its lineup included well-known disc jockeys, such as Red McIlvaine, Walt Reno and Ron Murphy.
The simulcast morning drive newscasts of KORK AM/FM in the 1970s were among the highest radio news broadcasts in southern Nevada history. During the latter part of the decade the newsroom was led by news director Bill Buckmaster (now a talk show host at KJLL (AM)

KJLL (AM)

KJLL is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format and is known as The Jolt. Licensed to South Tucson, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Tucson area. The station is currently owned by Hudson Communications, Inc and features programing from Air America Radio, AP Radio, CBS...

 in Tucson) and included reporters Jackie Glass (now a District Court Judge in Las Vegas) and Steven L. Herman

Steven L. Herman

Steven L Herman, is a broadcast correspondent and bureau chief for the Voice of America, based in Seoul.-Reporting:Herman was one of the few journalists to spend time in the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant "hot zone" and visit the grounds of the crippled facility in April 2011...

, currently a Voice of America

Voice of America

Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...

 correspondent in Asia. The trio was frequently heard on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 radio network newscasts.

KORK later became an big band

Adult standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...

 station similar to KJUL

Kjul

Kjul is a village in Akershus, Norway....

 104.3 FM. KORK changed its call sign to KBAD in 1997 and began airing sports talk radio

Sports radio

Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...

. It was known briefly as "K-BAD AM 920".

Programming

KBAD is the flagship station of the sports programs at UNLV

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Nevada-Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. The institution includes a Shadow Lane Campus, located just east of the University Medical Center of...

 including their football and basketball teams. The station also carries games of the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. KBAD was the flagship station of the former Arena Football League's Las Vegas Gladiators

Las Vegas Gladiators

The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which plays in the Arena Football League. The team is part of the East division of the AFL's American Conference. The Gladiators play all of their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the NBA's...

 who moved to Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

. Boxing analyst Al Bernstein

Al Bernstein

Al Michael Bernstein is an American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker.-1970s:In the 1970s, he was a newspaperman, working at Lerner Newspapers in Chicago. He eventually became a managing editor at that newspaper....

 once had a daily show on KBAD.

Currently, KBAD is carrying Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...

. It previously carried programming from ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...

, until March 3, 2008, when that programming was transferred to KWWN

KWWN

KWWN is a radio station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The station is owned by Lotus Broadcasting Corp. Programming includes the UNLV Rebels football and men's basketball teams, ESPN Radio talk shows and play-by-play, and various local talk shows....

. Fox Sports Radio was previously heard on another Las Vegas station, KENO

KENO

KENO is a sports/talk AM radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada owned by the Lotus Broadcasting and featuring programming from the ESPN Deportes Radio network. On March 3, 2008, the station changed its format to ESPN Deportes Radio, and the previous programming was moved to KBAD 920 kHz. KBAD's...

 AM 1460, which also changed its format on March 3, 2008 to ESPN Deportes Radio

ESPN Deportes Radio

ESPN Deportes Radio is a Spanish language sports radio network created and produced by Disney-owned ESPN. Programming includes call-in talk shows and commentary from hosts about a full range of sporting events, including soccer, American football, baseball and boxing.The network has stations in 13...

. The station also airs The Jim Rome Show

The Jim Rome Show

The Jim Rome Show is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. The show is produced in Los Angeles, California, syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, and can be heard on more than 200 affiliate radio stations in the U.S...

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