KOAS is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Rhythmic adult contemporary

Rhythmic Adult Contemporary

Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada. It usually gears toward an older audience, ages 25 to 54. Stations using this format play disco from the 1970s and early 1980s, dance/pop music, adult-friendly hip hop/old school tracks, R&B, dance/freestyle...

 format. Licensed to Dolan Springs, Arizona

Dolan Springs, Arizona

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, USA, the station serves the Laughlin/Las Vegas/Dolan Springs area. The station is currently owned by Las Vegas-based Riviera Broadcast Group

Riviera Broadcast Group

Riviera Broadcast Group is an owner and operator of four radio stations in the Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona markets. The company was founded in January 2005 by Tim Pohlman, a former executive with CBS Radio, and partner Chris Maguire, who serves as the company's chief financial officer...

. Its Las Vegas sister station is KVGS

KVGS

KVGS is a commercial radio station located in Meadview, Arizona, broadcasting to the Las Vegas metropolitan area on 107.9 FM. KVGS airs an adult hits format branded as 107.9 BOB FM, airing a jockless mix of 70s, 80s, and 90s pop and rock hits.-History:...

, which has a modern rock

Modern rock

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 format, and the company owns two sister stations in the Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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, market as well.

Translators

• KOAS operates an FM booster transmitter on 105.7 in Henderson
  Henderson, Nevada
  -Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...
  
  , Nevada. The booster, known as KOAS-1, carries 2,500 watt
  Watt
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  s ERP
  Effective radiated power
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  . It provides the Las Vegas area with a stronger signal than the main transmitter located in Dolan Springs.

Radio stations KOAS(FM)105.7 and KVGS(FM)107.9 have on-channel FM boosters broadcasting from an antenna at the top of The Stratosphere. Licensed as KOAS-FM1 and KVGS-FM1, they are the only radio stations with transmitters at the tower. However, the signals being transmitted from this structure are relatively low-power and only cover the immediate Las Vegas area on a "fill in" or "booster" basis. Both of these stations have their main transmitter sites located elsewhere, and those transmitter sites are what give these stations more wide spread, regional coverage.

• K288FN, a translator of KOAS, serves nearby Charleston Park, Nevada with a seven watt signal on 105.5 MHz.

History

The station was assigned the call sign KCRR on August 1, 1984. On November 20, 1987, the station changed its call sign to KFLG. On December 12, 2000 the station became KBYE and on August 14, 2001 the current KOAS. On December 26, 2009 KOAS dropped New AC (NAC)/Smooth Jazz for Rhythmic AC, forcing KPLV to move to top 40 from rhythmic AC.