KRXV

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KRXV / KHWY / KHYZ
Broadcast area Yermo, Essex, Mountain Pass, California
Branding The Highway Stations
Slogan The Stations You Listen To On The Way to Las Vegas and Laughlin
Frequency 98.1 MHz / 98.9 MHz / 99.7 MHz
First air date February 5, 1980
Format Adult Contemporary
ERP 1550 Watts / 10000 Watts / 8400 Watts
Callsign meaning KRXV: named after Interstate 15 (XV in Roman Numerals)[1]
KHWY: HighWaY
KHYZ: HighwaYZ(s)
Owner Highway Radio
Website http://www.thehighwaystations.com

The Highway Stations is a group of FM radio stations broadcasting primarily along Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 between the Cajon Pass in California, and the California-Nevada state line. Its programming keeps travelers driving between Southern California and Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada, informed and entertained with an Adult Contemporary music format, along with semi-hourly news, traffic, and weather updates. The station also provides information on events in and around Las Vegas and Laughlin, and most advertising focuses on casinos and other businesses around southern Nevada.

The station is operated by Highway Radio, with studios in Barstow, California. Highway Radio also operates Highway Country, and The Drive/Highway Rock, which is geared toward young adult travelers with a modern rock music format.

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Programming is distributed across four transmitters covering the Mojave Desert:

  • KRXV 98.1 in Yermo, near Barstow, and its translator, K252CQ 98.3 in Apple Valley.
  • KHWY 98.9, added in 1991 to cover Interstate 40 between Essex and Laughlin.
  • KHYZ 99.7 in Mountain Pass (near the California-Nevada state line), serving Primm and Las Vegas. Originally at 99.5, the frequency switch was made in 2002 to improve reception between Baker and the state line.

Broadcasts can normally be heard beginning as far south as Rosamond, California, on State Route 14 to the State Route 58 turn off in Mojave, California. The broadcast is audible on State Route 58 from Mojave through Barstow, California, where State Route 58 ends into Interstate 15. From Barstow north on the 15 broadcast can be heard normally until about Jean, NV, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas. Audible broadcast can normally be picked up on the majority of State Route 138 north of Victorville to its junction with Interstate 15 and also Interstate 40 from Barstow to around Kingman, Arizona.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scott Fybush (April, 2005). Radio on the Road to Las Vegas. RWOnline. Retrieved on 2007-04-14.

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