Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network Explained

Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network
Type:Radio network
Established:1966 (as the Oakland Raiders Radio Network)
Country:United States
Headquarters:Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast Area:Nevada
California
Alaska (limited)
Arkansas (limited)
Hawaii (limited)
Kansas (limited)
Minnesota (limited)
New Mexico (limited)
Oregon (limited)
Texas (limited)
Utah (limited)
Owner:Las Vegas Raiders
Affiliation:NFL
Affiliates:52 English affiliates
(including 2 flagships)
8 Spanish affiliates
(including 1 flagship)
Website:Raiders Radio Network
Affiliations:Compass Media Networks
Lotus Communications
Language:English and Spanish
Network Name:Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network

The Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 52 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Las Vegas Raiders, a professional football team in the National Football League (NFL). Las Vegas market stations KRLV (920 AM) and KOMP (92.3 FM) serve as the network's two flagships. The network also includes 50 affiliates in the U.S. states of Nevada, California, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Utah: 34 AM stations, sixteen of which supplement their signals with a low-power FM translator and one repeated over an HD Radio FM digital subchannel; and 16 full-power FM stations, four of which supplement their signals with a low-power FM translator. Jason Horowitz is the current play-by-play announcer, while Lincoln Kennedy serves as color commentator; George Atkinson and Jim Plunkett offer pre- and post-game commentary. Compass Media Networks is responsible for producing and distributing the network to these aforementioned terrestrial radio stations.

Complementing this coverage, Las Vegas market station KENO (1460 AM) serves as the flagship of a secondary radio network carrying Spanish-language coverage of the Raiders. This network includes 8 affiliates in the U.S. states of Nevada and California: 5 AM stations and 3 FM stations. Harry Ruiz is the current Spanish-language play-by-play announcer with Ernesto Amador serving as color commentator.[1]

In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on SiriusXM satellite radio; and streams online via SiriusXM Internet Radio, TuneIn Premium, and NFL+.[2]

History

From 2004 to 2009, the flagship was KSFO (560 AM) in San Francisco with a network of thirty radio stations in Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, and British Columbia.[3] During most of the 1970s, KGO (810 AM) was the flagship station.

Bill King—the "Voice of the Raiders"—called the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders from 1966 to 1992. He called approximately 600 games. The Raiders awarded him all three rings. King left after the 1992 season. It's Bill's radio audio heard on most of the NFL Films highlight footage of the Raiders. King's color men in Oakland included former San Francisco 49ers tight end Monty Stickles and Scotty Stirling, a sports writer for the Oakland Tribune. Many of the years, KGO 810 did promos as "Raider Radio 81". King's call of the Holy Roller has been labeled (by Chris Berman, among others) as one of 5 best in NFL history. King died in October 2005 from complications after surgery. Scotty Stirling, an Oakland Tribune sportswriter, served as the "color man" with King. The Raider games were called on radio from 1960 to 1962 by Bud (Wilson Keene) Foster and Mel Venter and from 1963 to 1965 by Bob Blum and Dan Galvin.

Until their dismissal prior to the 2018 season, Greg Papa was the voice of the Raiders with former Raiders quarterback and head coach Tom Flores doing commentary from 1997 until 2017.[4] From 2018 until 2022, Brent Musburger was the voice of the Raiders.

Station list

Callsign! scope = "col"
FrequencyBandCityStateNetwork status
KRLV920 AM Nevada Flagship
KOMP92.3 FM Nevada Flagship
KTHH990 AM Oregon Affiliate
KQTM101.7 FM New Mexico Affiliate
KOAN1080 AM Alaska Affiliate
K236CG95.1 FM Alaska KOAN relay
KHRQ96.9 FM California KHDR repeater
KGEO1230 AM California Affiliate
K266CG101.1 FM California KGEO relay
K232EA96.3 FM Nevada KTHX-FM relay
KPAY93.9 FM California Affiliate
K243BT96.5 FM California KXBX relay
KFPT790 AM California Affiliate
KEJO1240 AM Oregon Affiliate
KXO-FM107.5 FM California Affiliate
KHEY1380 AM Texas Affiliate
KEAU104.7 FM Nevada Affiliate
KORE1050 AM Oregon Affiliate
K275CX102.9 FM Oregon KORE relay
KWSW980 AM California Affiliate
KDAC1230 AM California KUKI repeater
KFIG1430 AM California Affiliate
KBUF1030 AM Kansas Affiliate- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"K296HO107.1 FM Kansas KBUF relay-->
KHVH830 AM Hawaii Affiliate
KFNC97.5 FM Texas Affiliate
KAOI1110 AM Hawaii Affiliate
K254CS98.7 FM Hawaii KAOI relay
KRKC-FM102.1 FM California Affiliate
KXBX1270 AM California Affiliate
KHDR94.9 FM California Affiliate
KLAA830 AM California Affiliate
K289CB105.7 FM California KBRE relay
KDJK103.9 FM California KHKK repeater
K244AG96.7 FM Hawaii KAOI relay
KBRE1660 AM California Affiliate
KHKK104.1 FM California Affiliate
KHIP104.3 FM California Affiliate
KTOX1340 AM California Affiliate
K225DF92.9 FM California KTOX relay
KCLB-FM93.7 FM California Affiliate
KPRL1230 AM California Affiliate
K257GL99.3 FM California KPRL relay
K233CM94.5 FM California KSRO relay
KQFN1580 AM Arizona Affiliate
K257CD99.3 FM Arizona KQFN relay
KOAL750 AM Utah Affiliate
K297BV107.3 FM Utah KOAL relay
KNRO1440 AM California Affiliate
K280GP103.9 FM California KNRO relay
KTHX-FM94.5 FM Nevada Affiliate
KPLY630 AM Nevada Affiliate
KPWK1350 AM California Affiliate
KHTK1140 AM California Affiliate
KYMX-HD296.1-2 FM California KHTK repeater
KSAC-FM105.5 FM California Affiliate
KZNS1280 AM Utah Affiliate
KZNS-FM97.5 FM Utah Affiliate
KGB760 AM California Affiliate
KXTK1280 AM California Affiliate
K269GY101.7 FM California KXTK relay
KSRO1350 AM California Affiliate
K278CD103.5 FM California KSRO relay
WBHR660 AM Minnesota Affiliate
W239CU96.3 FM Minnesota WBHR relay
KHKR1210 AM Utah Affiliate
K249EQ97.7 FM Utah KHKR relay
KWSX1280 AM California Affiliate
K279DB103.7 FM California KWSX relay
K240EU95.9 FM Arizona KQFN relay
KCLZ95.5 FM California KCLB-FM repeater
KUKI1400 AM California Affiliate
K242AD96.3 FM California KUKI relay
KLLK1250 AM California KUKI repeater
Blue background indicates low-power FM translator.

Spanish-language stations

Call signFrequencyBandCityStateNetwork status
KENO1460 AM Nevada Flagship
KWAC1490 AM California Affiliate
KHIT-FM107.1 FM California Affiliate
KFWB980 AM California Affiliate
KFOY1060 AM Nevada Affiliate
KVMX92.1 FM California Affiliate
XHMORE **98.9 FM California Affiliate
KSFN1510 AM California Affiliate

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deportes Vegas 1460AM to serve as the Las Vegas Raiders Spanish Flagship Radio Station. 2020-09-20. Las Vegas Raiders. en-US.
  2. Web site: Press release. September 3, 2014. SiriusXM Announces Programming for 2014 NFL Season. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011164754/http://investor.siriusxm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=868899. October 11, 2014. October 11, 2014. Investor.SiriusXM.com. SiriusXM. Throughout the season every NFL game is available on all Sirius radios, and on XM radios with either a Premier or All Access package..
  3. Web site: Kroner. Steve. 2005-03-04. KSFO makes 3-year deal as voice of the Raiders. 2021-01-08. SFGATE. en-US.
  4. Web site: Matt Kawahara. 2018-07-17. Raiders: Musburger in, Papa out as announcer. 2018-07-20. sfgate.com.

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