Las Vegas is about to lose one of its most recognizable voices on the AM dial: KXNT NewsRadio 840 will end its broadcast operation on September 1, after nearly 40 years serving Southern Nevada. The shutdown will silence the station’s AM signal, even as some familiar programs continue on other platforms.
Host Alan Stock announced the closure on air Thursday, saying he learned at 9:15 a.m. that the KXNT transmitter site was shutting down. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Audacy said it could not find a technically and financially viable long-term transmission solution, while Stock said KXNT had been part of the Las Vegas community for years.
The loss is more than a frequency change for local listeners. Audacy’s official KXNT show page describes “Vegas@8” as the station’s live-from-Las Vegas morning-drive talk program and lists Stock alongside a schedule otherwise dominated by nationally syndicated hosts.
Alan Stock Will Move To KDWN 101.5 FM
Stock’s weekday program is expected to move to KDWN 101.5 FM at 8 a.m. beginning September 1, according to the Review-Journal. Glenn Beck and Mark Levin will remain available nationwide, but their programming will no longer air locally through KXNT, and Audacy said roughly 40 full- and part-time employees would remain with the company.
KXNT began broadcasting under the KVEG call letters in 1986 before moving toward a traditional news-talk format and adopting the KXNT identity in 1997. Stock, who has been a prominent Las Vegas radio voice for decades, is also listed among the inductees on the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame page.
For Vegas listeners, the practical change is simple but significant: 840 AM is headed toward silence, while Stock’s local show will have a new home at 101.5 FM. It marks the end of one of Southern Nevada’s longest-running AM radio chapters, even if parts of the KXNT lineup survive elsewhere.
