KLVV began broadcasting in Las Vegas on the 107.5 frequency in April 1986. It was an adult contemporary station as "K-Love." In November 1988 the station, now owned by EZ Communications, became KUDA, "Oldies 108 FM." Norm N. Nite once had a show on the station, called Solid Gold Scrapbook. In 1989 KUDA was purchased by Americom Broadcasting, which owned stations in Reno and Fresno. Americom, headed by Tom Quinn, added Howard Stern's show to the station in 1992, changed the station's call-letters to KFBI and transitioned from oldies to classic rock in 1993. This was the first time Stern agreed to appear on a station outside of a top-10 radio market, and KFBI immediately surged to the top of ratings in Las Vegas, making KFBI the city's dominant radio station. Three years later Americom sold KFBI to American Radio Systems, where PD Mike Stern and GM Alan Gray changed the call letters to KXTE-FM and began playing alternative rock music. ARS later merged with Infinity Broadcasting. Stern stayed on KXTE until the station pulled him in November 2005, a month before he left terrestrial radio for Sirius Satellite Radio. He was replaced by Adam Carolla which ran from January 3, 2006 and ended on February 20, 2009. Dave Farra and Jason Mahoney, The Dave and Mahoney Morning Show, returned to the Las Vegas airwaves to take over mornings on April 20, 2009. On August 3, 2015, it was announced that the Dave and Mahoney Morning Show would be moving to CBS Radiosister stationKHMX in Houston. On January 15, 2017 The Las Vegas Review Journal ran an article announcing that Dave and Mahoney would be returning to Las Vegas and KXTE starting February 6, 2017. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th.
Other appearances
Dave Farra's interview with cast members from the 2011 season of MTVreality television series, , who were promoting their fundraiser for "Let the Kids Rock" to raise money for school children, was depicted in that season's finale, which premiered on June 1, 2011.
KXTE HD Programming
KXTE-HD2 signed on its HD Radio programming in 2001 with X2, a deep tracks alternative format, then in 2010 inherited the 80s format branded as "Rewind" from sister station KKJJ, when Jack changed formats. On January 22, 2014, KXTE-HD2 flipped to EDM, branded as "SIN 107.5", an Electronic Dance Music/pop format.
