KLAY

KLAY

City	Lakewood, Washington
Broadcast area	Tacoma/South Sound area
Branding	KLAY AM 1180
Frequency	1180 kHz
First air date	1948 (at 1480 AM)
Format	News / Talk / Sports information
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	11890
Transmitter coordinates	47°9′0″N 122°24′38″W / 47.15000°N 122.41056°W / 47.15000; -122.41056Coordinates: 47°9′0″N 122°24′38″W / 47.15000°N 122.41056°W / 47.15000; -122.41056
Callsign meaning	Clay Frank Huntington (station owner, now deceased)
Former callsigns	KFHA (1948–1966) KOOD (1966–1978) KQLA (1978–1980) KLAY (1980–1990, 1991–present) KDFL (1990)
Affiliations	Dial Global, USA Radio Network, Premiere Radio Networks
Owner	Clay Frank Huntington Legacy LLC
Sister stations	none
Webcast	listen live
Website	klay1180.com

KLAY (1180 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports information format. Located in Lakewood, Washington, USA, the station serves the Tacoma area. The station is owned by Clay Frank Huntington Legacy LLC and features programming from Westwood One.^[1] The station features news, talk, weather, traffic, and sports reporting. KLAY has been on the air for about 53 years. Broadcasting coverage is roughly from Downtown Seattle south through the state capital of Olympia.

Shows

Biz Tech Talk, Tuesdays at noon, covers everything related to technology. Dine NW, Wednesdays at noon, covering restaurants around the Puget Sound. Tribal Talk, Thursdays at noon, covers tribal politics and issues. Equal Time Radio, Fridays at noon, covers politics from the left. There are 50 'live' local programs weekly.

History

The station went on the air as KFHA at 1480 AM and changed its call sign to KOOD in 1966, and then to KQLA in 1978, and finally to KLAY in April 1980. On May 1, 1990, the station changed its call sign to KDFL, and on June 28, 1991 to the current KLAY,^[2]

References

↑ "KLAY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KLAY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KLAY

Radio-Locator Information on KLAY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KLAY

Radio stations in the Seattle–Tacoma market

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by FM frequency	88.5 88.9 89.5 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475 162.55

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