| Broadcast area | Lawrence, Kansas |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1320 KHz |
| Branding | 101.7 FM & 1320 AM KLWN |
| Programming | |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One Jayhawk IMG Sports Network Kansas City Royals |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Great Plains Media, Inc. |
| KKSW, KMXN, WKSW, WGSQ, WHUB, WIBL, WPTN, WRPW, WZIM | |
| History | |
First air date | February 22, 1951 |
Call sign meaning | K LaWreNce |
| Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36744 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 500 watts day 250 watts night |
| Translator(s) | 101.7 K269GP (Lawrence) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | |
| Website | klwn.com |
KLWN (1320 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. It is licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, United States. The station is currently owned by Great Plains Media, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks, and Westwood One. [2]
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The station also broadcasts University of Kansas football and basketball. KLWN is the flagship radio station of the Jayhawk IMG Sports Network. KLWN is also an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and carries the entire NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship from Westwood One.
KLWN's FM counterpart is KKSW, which used to have the KLWN call letters and identified itself as "The Music Station, 106."
The stations were owned for years by Arden Booth, who also served as a Kansas State Senator. Booth had a five-minute daily poetry program called "Poetic License." His son Hank served as general manager, morning news anchor and play-by-play voice of Lawrence High School football games.
The current local lineup consists of According to the Record with Kim Murphree from 8 to 9 am, Radio for Grownups with Joel Becker from 9 am to 12, The Herd with Colin Cowherd from 12 to 3 pm, and Rock Chalk Sports Talk with Dan Courtwright and Sean Kellerman from 3 to 6 pm.
Weekend programming includes At Home with Gary Sullivan from 8 to 11 am on Saturdays and Lewis at Large with Warren Lewis from 7 to 8 am on Sundays.
