KLAV

Not to be confused with Bombardier Innovia Metro's Klang Valley Additional Vehicle (KLAV).

KLAV (1230 AM) is a commercial radio station located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Owned by Lotus Communications, the station airs a betting-focused all-sports radio format featuring programming from the locally based Vegas Stats & Information Network. Its studios are located in the unincorporated community of Spring Valley in Clark County and its transmitter is located in North Las Vegas.

KLAV

Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast area	Las Vegas metropolitan area
Frequency	1230 kHz
Branding	VSiN Las Vegas 1230 The Game
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Vegas Stats & Information Network Sports USA Radio Network Henderson Silver Knights Vegas Knight Hawks
Ownership
Owner	Lotus Communications (Lotus Broadcasting Corp.)
Sister stations	KENO, KKGK, KOMP, KRLV, KWID, KWWN, KXPT
History
First air date	1948 (as KLAS)
Former call signs	KLAS (1948–1964)
Call sign meaning	Las Vegas
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70690
Class	C
Power	900 watts day 1,000 watts night
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	lvsportsnetwork.com

History

KLAV ran a middle-of-the-road (MOR) format until the late 1970s. In early 1979, at the peak of the disco craze, the station endeared itself "Disco 1-2-3 KLAV". KLAV evolved into a Top 40 format in the early 1980 under then program director Ted Ziegenbusch.^[2]

It played a lot of R&B/Urban music that key rival Top 40 station, 98.5 KLUC, would not play at the time. KLAV was the first commercial station to play rap/hip-hop music in Las Vegas. In 1985 the station briefly switched to an easy-listening format and changed its call letters to KEZD but returned to its traditional KLAV name and time-brokered format by 1987.^[3]

KLAV previously broadcast from atop the former Bob Stupak's Vegas World Hotel & Casino until its closure in 2000. The station broadcast in a few locations around the Las Vegas Valley but eventually settled down at its current West Sahara Avenue location.

In August 2012, KLAV was sold by Hemisphere Broadcasting to Lotus Broadcasting.^[4] In April 2015, KLAV flipped to a Regional Mexican format as La Caliente.^[4]

In April 2017, while announcing that it had acquired the radio rights to the Vegas Golden Knights, Lotus announced that KLAV's FM transmitter K255CT would switch to a simulcast of KRLV.^[5]

In 2019, KLAV relaunched as "La Ranchera 1230 AM", emphasizing ranchero music.

In August 2020, as part of the rebrand of KRLV as Raider Nation Radio, its sports betting-oriented sports radio format The Game moved to 1230; its schedule would largely carry the Vegas Stats & Information Network.^[6][7] The same month, it was announced that KLAV would carry the games of the Golden Knights' American Hockey League affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights.^[8] In February 2025, the station rebranded as VSiN Las Vegas 1230 The Game to place a larger emphasis on its affiliation.^[7]