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KLVI (560 kHz, "News Talk 560") is a commercial AM radio station in Beaumont, Texas. It broadcasts a Talk Radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The radio studios and offices are located southeast of the I-10/US 69 interchange in Beaumont.
By day, KLVI is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. But at night, to protect other stations on 560 AM, it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off Tower Road in Bridge City, Texas.[
On October 1, 1924; 97 years ago, the station first signed on the air as KFDM. It was the first radio station in Southeast Texas. In the 1930s, it was owned by the Sabine Broadcasting Company with studios in the million-dollar Hotel Beaumont. In the 30s, it was powered at 1,000 watts by day and 500 watts at night.
The station was assigned the call sign KLVI by the Federal Communications Commission in February 1964.