KLWN
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| City of license | Lawrence, Kansas |
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| Branding | News & Talk of Lawrence |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| First air date | February 22, 1951 |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 500 watts day 250 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 36744 |
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| Callsign meaning | K LaWreNce |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio, Westwood One, Jayhawk IMG Sports Network |
| Owner | Great Plains Media, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KKSW, KMXN, WKSW, WGSQ, WHUB, WPTN, WDQZ, WRPW, WYST |
| Webcast | [1] |
| Website | klwn.com |
KLWN (1320 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, US. The station is currently owned by Great Plains Media, Inc. and features programing from Fox News Radio and Westwood One.[1]
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.
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 the KLWN Morning News Watch with John Flood from 6-8am, According to the Record with Hank Booth from 8-9am, the Eric Holcomb Show from 9am-Noon and Rock Chalk Sports Talk with Nick Schwerdt from 3-6pm.
Personalities
- Ed Abels, newscaster (1952–1955) was also host of Comments on Local Affairs.[2]
References
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- Query the FCC's AM station database for KLWN
- Radio-Locator Information on KLWN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KLWN
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- ↑ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 10.
