KXNT (AM)

KXNT

North Las Vegas, Nevada United States
Broadcast area	Las Vegas Valley
Frequency	840 kHz
Branding	News/Talk 840 KXNT
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News-talk
Affiliations	Bloomberg Radio CBS News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Radio America Salem Radio Network The Weather Channel Westwood One KVVU-TV
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC)
Sister stations	KLUC-FM KMXB KXQQ-FM
History
First air date	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Former call signs	KVEG (1986–1996)
Call sign meaning	"News Talk"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	33068
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts day 25,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	36°23′52.89″N 114°55′0″W / 36.3980250°N 114.91667°W / 36.3980250; -114.91667
Repeater(s)	100.5 KXQQ-FM-HD2 (Henderson)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/kxnt

KXNT (840 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to North Las Vegas, Nevada. It broadcasts a news-talk radio format and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc.^[2] The studios are in the unincorporated Clark County community of Spring Valley, while KXNT's transmitter is on U.S. Route 93 at Great Valley Parkway in North Las Vegas.^[3]

KXNT is a Class B station operating on a clear channel frequency. WHAS in Louisville is the dominant Class A station on 840 AM, so KXNT must reduce its power at night to avoid interfering with WHAS's signal. KXNT operates with 50,000 watts by day and 25,000 watts at night, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array.

KXNT is licensed to broadcast in the HD radio format, but is not currently broadcasting in HD.^[4][5] KXNT is Southern Nevada's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.

On weekdays, KXNT airs two local talk shows. In morning drive time, an hour is hosted by Alan Stock. And Sam Mirejowsky hosts What's Right in afternoons. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk shows, including Glenn Beck; Ben Shapiro; Dana Loesch; Matt Walsh; Mark Levin; Dave Ramsey; Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.

Weekends feature shows on money, politics, health, law, veterans and food. Syndicated hosts include Erick Erickson; Ben Ferguson; Bill Handel and The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. Some hours feature paid brokered programming.

KXNT carries hourly reports from CBS News Radio and financial reports from Bloomberg Radio. It has a local news alliance with KLAS-TV, the CBS Network affiliate in Las Vegas.

KXNT signed on the air in 1986 with the call letters KVEG, airing a talk and middle of the road music format. It was owned by the Roberts Communications Corp.^[6]

KVEG had several noted hosts including Sam Greenfield, Dominick Brascia, Lou Epton, Irwin Schiff and the syndicated Tom Leykis. In 1997, KVEG changed its call sign to KXNT with the "NT" standing for "News/Talk". The station moved to a more traditional talk radio line up, airing Rush Limbaugh and Coast to Coast AM previously heard on rival station KDWN. Other shows included Dr. Laura and Bill Handel.

In 1998, Infinity Broadcasting acquired KXNT.^[7] In December 2005, Infinity was renamed CBS Radio. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom.^[8] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.^[9][10]

Between August 16, 2010, and September 4, 2015, programming on KXNT was simulcast on sister FM station KXNT-FM (100.5), to give listeners who prefer FM that option. That station now airs a rhythmic hot adult contemporary format, under the call sign KXQQ-FM.

• Heidi Harris
• Kerri Kasem

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 33068 (KXNT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KXNT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database