KWWN is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, USA

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. The station is owned by Lotus Broadcasting Corp. Programming includes the UNLV Rebels

UNLV Rebels

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 football

UNLV Rebels football

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 and men's basketball teams, ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

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 talk shows and play-by-play, and various local talk shows.

Station history

KWWN officially signed on in December 2007, and was running tests for several months on its transmitter

Transmitter

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. These tests were mainly to arrange the nighttime directional

Directional antenna

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 signal of the station, so it would not interfere with nearby KNZZ

KNZZ

KNZZ is a radio station licensed to Grand Junction, Colorado, USA, the station serves the Grand Junction area. The station is owned by MBC Grand Broadcasting, Inc....

 or other stations on 1100 kHz. While testing, the station ran at half power (10kw day/1 kW night) to further limit the possibility of interference. It currently is running at its normal power.

Originally, KWWN simulcast sister station KBAD

KBAD

KBAD AM 920 is a Fox Sports Radio affiliate and local sports station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned by Lotus Broadcasting. KBAD was formerly known as KORK-AM prior to 1997.-KORK:...

. Sometime in 2008, the simulcast ended; KBAD became the local affiliate of Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio

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, while KWWN picked up the ESPN Radio affiliation. KENO

KENO

KENO is a sports/talk AM radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada owned by the Lotus Broadcasting and featuring programming from the ESPN Deportes Radio network. On March 3, 2008, the station changed its format to ESPN Deportes Radio, and the previous programming was moved to KBAD 920 kHz. KBAD's...

, which had been the FSR station, joined ESPN Deportes Radio

ESPN Deportes Radio

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. KWWN currently has rights to the San Diego Chargers radio network.