KQLL

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KQLL
Broadcast area Las Vegas metropolitan area
Frequency 1280 kHz
BrandingKool 102.3 and 104.7 FM
Programming
Format Oldies
Network Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Summit Media
  • (S & R Broadcasting, Inc)
History
First air date
May 1956 (1956-05)
Former call signs
  • KVOV (1956–1984)
  • KREL (1984–1991)
  • KDOL (1991–1998)
  • KDOX (1998–2010)
Call sign meaning
Similar to "kool"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 58317
Class D
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 28 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°12′38.9″N115°9′50.0″W / 36.210806°N 115.163889°W / 36.210806; -115.163889
Translator 102.3 K272EE (Las Vegas)
Repeater 104.7  KJUL (Moapa Valley)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website kool1023.com

KQLL (1280 AM, "Kool 102") is a commercial radio station licensed to Henderson, Nevada, and broadcasting to the Las Vegas metropolitan area. KQLL and KJUL (104.7 FM) simulcast an oldies format. [2] [3] They are owned by Summit Media with studios and offices on Spectrum Boulevard near Interstate 11 in Las Vegas. [4]

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By day, KQLL is powered at 5,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. But at night, to protect other stations on 1280 AM from interference, it reduces power to only 28 watts. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator K272EE at 102.3 MHz in Las Vegas.

History

The station signed on the air in May 1956 as KVOV. At first, it was a daytimer, powered at 5,000 watts but required to go off the air at night. [5] It was assigned the call letters KREL on February 17, 1984. On January 28, 1991, the station changed its call sign to KDOL, and on March 6, 1998 to KDOX. [6]

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, KDOX aired a talk radio format known as "Fox News Radio 1280." In August 2010, KDOX introduced a live, local mid-morning talk show hosted by Casey Hendrickson and Heather Kydd. They formerly were the morning drive time team on rival talk station 870 KXNT). [7]

On August 12, 2010, KDOX began simulcasting on a 99-watt [3] FM translator on 102.3 MHz. [8] The station had purchased the construction permit for K272EE, licensed to Moapa, Nevada, two months earlier. The price tag was $100. [9]

On December 31, 2010, KDOX changed formats to a 1950s, 60s and 70s oldies sound known as "Kool 102". Along with the format change, the call letters were changed as well to reflect the oldies playlist. The station became known as KQLL, standing for the word "Kool." On June 2, 2025, KJUL changed its format from classic hits to a simulcast of KQLL 1280 AM. The stations were then branded as "Kool 102.3 & 104.7". [10]

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
K272EE102.3 FM Las Vegas, Nevada 157240250D LMS

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KQLL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KQLL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. 1 2 "FM Query Results". FCC.
  4. ↑ Kool1023.com/contact-us
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-184. Retrieved Jan. 19, 2026.
  6. ↑ "KQLL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  7. ↑ "Kool 102.3 Fm / 1280 Fm". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  8. ↑ "KDOX First Talk Station to Go FM in las Vegas!". August 13, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Sold: Nevada, Texas Translators, Utah AM CP".
  10. ↑ "KJUL Flips to KQLL Simulcast" Radioinsight - June 5, 2025

36°12′39″N115°09′47″W / 36.21083°N 115.16306°W / 36.21083; -115.16306

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