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MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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Broadcast area | Lancaster—Palmdale, California |
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| Frequency | 610 kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 610 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rubin Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | October 13, 1950 |
Last air date | June 2025 |
Former frequencies | 1340 kHz (1950–1957) |
Call sign meaning | Antelope Valley Lancaster |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 2318 | |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°42′21.9″N 118°10′39.3″W / 34.706083°N 118.177583°W |
| Translator | 106.7 K294DA (Rosamond) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 610foxsports |
KAVL (610 AM, "Fox Sports 610”) was a commercial radio station licensed to Lancaster, California, United States, and serving the Antelope Valley. Owned by Rubin Broadcasting, Inc. it carried a sports format as a Fox Sports Radio affiliate. KAVL had a directional-east 4,900 watt signal during the day and a directional-south 4,000 watt signal at night.
KAVL first signed on September 8, 1950, on 1340 kHz. It moved to 610 kHz in 1957. For many years, KAVL broadcast a sports radio format with the branding "Sports Radio 610".
In September 1998, Antelope Broadcasting sold KAVL, KAVS and KYHT to Jacor Communications for $4 million.[2] Jacor would be purchased by Clear Channel Communications the following year. KAVL then began simulcasting KXTA (XTRA Sports 1150) in Los Angeles. For a brief period, KAVL itself was simulcast on KBET (1220 AM) in Santa Clarita.
In 2007, publicly traded Clear Channel announced it was becoming a privately held corporation. As a condition of its approval of the plan, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required the company to divest 194 stations in markets where it exceeded ownership limits by placing them into a trust until they are sold.[3] In January 2008, Clear Channel transferred KAVL and country music station KTPI-FM to the Aloha Station Trust.[4] In December 2011, RZ Media LLC, owned by Saul Rosenzweig, purchased KAVL and KTPI-FM from the trust, and KTPI from Clear Channel directly, for a total of $800,000.[5]
KAVL went silent in June 2025 following a transformer fire.[6] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station's license on September 28, 2026.[7]
Since the Jacor/Clear Channel merger, KAVL's lineup had consisted almost entirely of Fox Sports Radio programming. The station also featured radio broadcasts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the National Football League (through Westwood One). KAVL was the longest-running Dodgers affiliate in Southern California, having broadcast the Dodgers since 1958.
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KAVL (610 AM, "Fox Sports 610”) was a commercial radio station licensed to Lancaster, California, United States, and serving the Antelope Valley. Owned by Rubin Broadcasting, Inc. it carried a sports format as a Fox Sports Radio affiliate. KAVL had a directional-east 4,900 watt signal during the day and a directional-south 4,000 watt signal at night.
Asheville Regional Airport (IATA: AVL, ICAO: KAVL, FAA LID: AVL) is a Class C airport near the town of Fletcher, North Carolina, 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Asheville. It is owned by the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023 categorized it as a small-hub primary commercial service facility. As of 2026, the airport is the third-busiest in North Carolina. In 2023 it served an all-time record number of passengers for the airport, 2,246,411, an increase of 22.2% over 2022. Between 2016 and 2026, air carrier operations at the airport increased by more than 300 percent. The airport opened initially with a 6500-foot runway in 1961, replacing the former airport at 35.439°N 82.481°W / 35.439; -82.481 (Former airport serving Asheville). Asheville is a focus city for Allegiant Air, which bases Airbus A320 family aircraft and crew at the airport.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team plays its home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which it shares with the Los Angeles Rams. The Chargers were founded in Los Angeles in 1959, and began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). They spent their first season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 to become the San Diego Chargers. The team joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. In 2017, the Chargers moved back to Los Angeles after 56 seasons in San Diego, a year after the Rams had moved back to the city after spending 21 seasons (1995–2015) in St. Louis. The team previously played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during their first stint in Los Angeles, Balboa Stadium and San Diego Stadium (also known as Jack Murphy Stadium and Qualcomm Stadium) while in San Diego, and Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly named StubHub Center) from 2017 to 2019, while SoFi Stadium was under construction. The Chargers won the AFL championship in 1963, and reached the AFL playoffs five times and the AFL Championship game four times before joining the NFL. Since then, the Chargers have made 15 trips to the playoffs and made four appearances in the AFC Championship game. In 1994, the Chargers won their first and only AFC championship, and faced the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX, losing 49–26. The Chargers have the worst playoff winning percentage with a .364 winning percentage in the postseason. The Chargers have nine players and two coaches enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: wide receiver Lance Alworth (1962–1970), defensive end Fred Dean (1975–1981), quarterback Dan Fouts (1973–1987), head coach and general manager Sid Gillman (1960–1969, 1971), wide receiver Charlie Joiner (1976–1986), offensive tackle Ron Mix (1960–1969), tight end Kellen Winslow (1979–1987), middle linebacker Junior Seau (1990–2002), running back LaDainian Tomlinson (2001–2009), head coach Don Coryell (1978–1986), and tight end Antonio Gates (2003–2018). According to an article in Forbes, the Los Angeles Chargers were worth 5.1 billion dollars in August 2024, putting them at number 20 on the list of the most valuable NFL teams.
Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, making Lancaster the 158th-most populous city in the United States and the 31st most populous in California. Lancaster is a twin city with its southern neighbor Palmdale; together, they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region. Lancaster is located approximately 70 miles (110 km) north (via I-5 and SR 14) of downtown Los Angeles, 9 miles south of the Kern County line. It is separated from the Los Angeles Basin by the San Gabriel Mountains to the south and from Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley by the Tehachapi Mountains to its northwest. The population of Lancaster has grown from 37,000 at the time of its incorporation in 1977 to over 173,000 as of 2020.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →The Greenwood District.
