Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network

Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network
TypeRadio network
Country
HeadquartersLas Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast area
Nevada
California
Alaska (limited)
Arkansas (limited)
Hawaii (limited)
Kansas (limited)
Minnesota (limited)
New Mexico (limited)
Oregon (limited)
Texas (limited)
Utah (limited)
OwnerLas Vegas Raiders
Established1966 (as the Oakland Raiders Radio Network)
Affiliation(s)Compass Media Networks
Lotus Communications
Affiliates52 English affiliates
(including 2 flagships)
8 Spanish affiliates
(including 1 flagship)
Official website
Raiders Radio Network
LanguageEnglish and Spanish

The Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 52 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Las Vegas Raiders, a professional football team in the National Football League (NFL). Las Vegas market stations KRLV (920 AM) and KOMP (92.3 FM) serve as the network's two flagships. The network also includes 50 affiliates in the U.S. states of Nevada, California, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Utah: 34 AM stations, sixteen of which supplement their signals with a low-power FM translator and one repeated over an HD Radio FM digital subchannel; and 16 full-power FM stations, four of which supplement their signals with a low-power FM translator. Jason Horowitz is the current play-by-play announcer, while Lincoln Kennedy serves as color commentator; George Atkinson and Jim Plunkett offer pre- and post-game commentary. Compass Media Networks is responsible for producing and distributing the network to these aforementioned terrestrial radio stations.

Complementing this coverage, Las Vegas market station KENO (1460 AM) serves as the flagship of a secondary radio network carrying Spanish-language coverage of the Raiders. This network includes 8 affiliates in the U.S. states of Nevada and California: 5 AM stations and 3 FM stations. Harry Ruiz is the current Spanish-language play-by-play announcer with Ernesto Amador serving as color commentator.[1]

In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on SiriusXM satellite radio; and streams online via SiriusXM Internet Radio, TuneIn Premium, and NFL+.[2]

History

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From 2004 to 2009, the flagship was KSFO (560 AM) in San Francisco with a network of thirty radio stations in Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, and British Columbia.[3] During most of the 1970s, KGO (810 AM) was the flagship station.

Bill King—the "Voice of the Raiders"—called the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders from 1966 to 1992. He called approximately 600 games. The Raiders awarded him all three rings. King left after the 1992 season. It's Bill's radio audio heard on most of the NFL Films highlight footage of the Raiders. King's color men in Oakland included former San Francisco 49ers tight end Monty Stickles and Scotty Stirling, a sports writer for the Oakland Tribune. Many of the years, KGO 810 did promos as "Raider Radio 81". King's call of the Holy Roller has been labeled (by Chris Berman, among others) as one of 5 best in NFL history. King died in October 2005 from complications after surgery. Scotty Stirling, an Oakland Tribune sportswriter, served as the "color man" with King. The Raider games were called on radio from 1960 to 1962 by Bud (Wilson Keene) Foster and Mel Venter and from 1963 to 1965 by Bob Blum and Dan Galvin.

Until their dismissal prior to the 2018 season, Greg Papa was the voice of the Raiders with former Raiders quarterback and head coach Tom Flores doing commentary from 1997 until 2017.[4] From 2018 until 2022, Brent Musburger was the voice of the Raiders.

Station list

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English language network stations as of the 2021 Raiders season
Callsign Frequency Band City State Network status
KRLV 920 AM Las Vegas Nevada Flagship
KOMP 92.3 FM Las Vegas Nevada Flagship
KTHH 990 AM Albany Oregon Affiliate
KQTM 101.7 FM Albuquerque New Mexico Affiliate
KOAN 1080 AM Anchorage Alaska Affiliate
K236CG 95.1 FM Anchorage Alaska KOAN relay
KHRQ 96.9 FM Baker California KHDR repeater
KGEO 1230 AM Bakersfield California Affiliate
K266CG 101.1 FM Bakersfield California KGEO relay
K232EA 96.3 FM Carson City Nevada KTHX-FM relay
KPAY 93.9 FM Chico California Affiliate
K243BT 96.5 FM Clearlake California KXBX relay
KFPT 790 AM Clovis California Affiliate
KEJO 1240 AM Corvallis Oregon Affiliate
KXO-FM 107.5 FM El Centro California Affiliate
KHEY 1380 AM El Paso Texas Affiliate
KEAU 104.7 FM Elko Nevada Affiliate
KORE 1050 AM Eugene Oregon Affiliate
K275CX 102.9 FM Eugene Oregon KORE relay
KWSW 980 AM Eureka California Affiliate
KDAC 1230 AM Fort Bragg California KUKI repeater
KFIG 1430 AM Fresno California Affiliate
KBUF 1030 AM Garden City Kansas Affiliate
KHVH 830 AM Honolulu Hawaii Affiliate
KFNC 97.5 FM Houston Texas Affiliate
KAOI 1110 AM Kihei Hawaii Affiliate
K254CS 98.7 FM Kihei Hawaii KAOI relay
KRKC-FM 102.1 FM King City California Affiliate
KXBX 1270 AM Lakeport California Affiliate
KHDR 94.9 FM Lenwood California Affiliate
KLAA 830 AM Los Angeles California Affiliate
K289CB 105.7 FM Los Banos California KBRE relay
KDJK 103.9 FM Mariposa California KHKK repeater
K244AG 96.7 FM Maui Hawaii KAOI relay
KBRE 1660 AM Merced California Affiliate
KHKK 104.1 FM Modesto California Affiliate
KHIP 104.3 FM Monterey California Affiliate
KTOX 1340 AM Needles California Affiliate
K225DF 92.9 FM Needles California KTOX relay
KCLB-FM 93.7 FM Palm Springs California Affiliate
KPRL 1230 AM Paso Robles California Affiliate
K257GL 99.3 FM Paso Robles California KPRL relay
K233CM 94.5 FM Petaluma California KSRO relay
KQFN 1580 AM Phoenix Arizona Affiliate
K257CD 99.3 FM Phoenix Arizona KQFN relay
KOAL 750 AM Price Utah Affiliate
K297BV 107.3 FM Price Utah KOAL relay
KNRO 1440 AM Redding California Affiliate
K280GP 103.9 FM Redding California KNRO relay
KTHX-FM 94.5 FM Reno Nevada Affiliate
KPLY 630 AM Reno Nevada Affiliate
KPWK 1350 AM Riverside California Affiliate
KHTK 1140 AM Sacramento California Affiliate
KYMX-HD2* 96.1-2 FM Sacramento California KHTK repeater
KSAC-FM 105.5 FM Sacramento California Affiliate
KZNS 1280 AM Salt Lake City Utah Affiliate
KZNS-FM 97.5 FM Salt Lake City Utah Affiliate
KGB 760 AM San Diego California Affiliate
KXTK 1280 AM San Luis Obispo California Affiliate
K269GY 101.7 FM San Luis Obispo California KXTK relay
KSRO 1350 AM Santa Rosa California Affiliate
K278CD 103.5 FM Santa Rosa California KSRO relay
WBHR 660 AM Sauk Rapids Minnesota Affiliate
W239CU 96.3 FM Sauk Rapids Minnesota WBHR relay
KHKR 1210 AM St. George Utah Affiliate
K249EQ 97.7 FM St. George Utah KHKR relay
KWSX 1280 AM Stockton California Affiliate
K279DB 103.7 FM Stockton California KWSX relay
K240EU 95.9 FM Tempe Arizona KQFN relay
KCLZ 95.5 FM Twentynine Palms California KCLB-FM repeater
KUKI 1400 AM Ukiah California Affiliate
K242AD 96.3 FM Ukiah California KUKI relay
KLLK 1250 AM Willits California KUKI repeater
  • Asterisk (*) indicates HD Radio broadcast.
  • Blue background indicates low-power FM translator.

Spanish-language stations

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Call sign Frequency Band City State Network status
KENO 1460 AM Las Vegas Nevada Flagship
KWAC 1490 AM Bakersfield California Affiliate
KHIT-FM 107.1 FM Fresno California Affiliate
KFWB 980 AM Los Angeles California Affiliate
KFOY 1060 AM Reno Nevada Affiliate
KVMX 92.1 FM Sacramento California Affiliate
XHMORE ** 98.9 FM San Diego California Affiliate
KSFN 1510 AM San Francisco California Affiliate


References

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  1. ^ "Deportes Vegas 1460AM to serve as the Las Vegas Raiders Spanish Flagship Radio Station". Las Vegas Raiders. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  2. ^ Press release (September 3, 2014). "SiriusXM Announces Programming for 2014 NFL Season". Investor.SiriusXM.com. SiriusXM. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014. Throughout the season every NFL game is available on all Sirius radios, and on XM radios with either a Premier or All Access package.
  3. ^ Kroner, Steve (2005-03-04). "KSFO makes 3-year deal as voice of the Raiders". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  4. ^ Matt Kawahara (2018-07-17). "Raiders: Musburger in, Papa out as announcer". sfgate.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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