Las Vegas will soon have another high power DX station we all should be able to hear no problem and may be able to hear right now (or at sunset at least).
KWWN, a new station in Vegas, is owned by Lotus Broadcasting, which owns other Vegas stations such as KBAD 920. When all of it's kinks are worked out with the FCC, the station "should" be a 20kw day timer with 2kw at night, making it an easy dx catch.
This morning I had the chance to do a phone interview with the chief engineer at the station (and Lotus Broadcasting) Bill Croghan.
I asked him about the status of KWWN and he said:
"Right now the station is running at half power (10kw day 1kw night) and is currently in test mode simulcasting audio from our sister station KBAD."
I then asked him when they would be running full power, and he replied "we are still awaiting approval from the FCC to raise the station to full power."
He also mentioned that "a lot of things will change within the next few months" for the station, and that the current article on Wikipedia should not be set in stone (as it never will be actually).
Radio-locator.com incorrectly lists the station as off air when it is anything but. Even at 10kw (half power), the station should be audible over much of the southwest U.S. depending on which way the directional pattern goes. For those of us trying to hear this station, it may be helpful to listen to KBAD first to see what kind of programming it carries (which is sports mainly), I believe they have an online broadcast at http://www.espn920.com then tune over to the new 1100 on the dial and see if you can't hear Las Vegas' newest AM, KWWN. It shouldn't be hard to hear, ESPN stations are notoriously easy catches.
-Justin (Stuboy).
1-14-08.
The phone interview was conducted at 11:30 AM MST 1-14-08.
KWWN's current state can be found on Wikipedia and/or Radio-Locator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWWN
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=KWWN&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C