KWID

KWID (101.9 FM) is a Spanish language radio station out of Las Vegas and the station is branded as 101.9 La Buena. Owned by Howard Kamelson, through licensee Lotus Broadcasting Corp., the station's studios are in the unincorporated community of Spring Valley in Clark County and its transmitter is on Black Mountain in Henderson.

This is a reassignment of a callsign. The original KWID was a shortwave radio station based in San Francisco, California, commissioned by the federal government in World War II to reach an international audience. It served as the basis for what later became the Voice of America.

History

101.9 FM signed on as easy listening KRGN in 1963.

In the early 70s, it flipped to KFM 102 under the call letters KFMS and played an automated Top 40 format. From 1978-1980, KFMS played a well-rounded AOR format.

On January 1, 1981, KFMS flipped to country still under the name KFM 102, drawing the ire of the AOR listeners. A month later, KENO FM-92 switched to AOR, and later became KOMP.