KWID
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Las Vegas metropolitan area |
| Branding | 101.9 La Buena |
| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1963 (as KRGN) |
| Format | Spanish Adult Hits |
| ERP | 47,000 watts |
| HAAT | 579 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 55503 |
| Callsign meaning | K WILD - taken from former hip-hop station Wild 102 |
| Former callsigns | KRGN (1963-1970s) KFMS (1970s-2003) |
| Owner | Howard Kamelson (Lotus Broadcasting Corp.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | labuenalv.com |
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.
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.
On January 7, 2000, at 3 p.m., KFMS flipped to top 40/CHR as 101.9 KISS FM.KFMS broadcast Rick Dees' morning radio program in the morning and Buck Head Show for evenings. Buck Head was later syndicated back to Star 98.7 until he was eventually transferred to the Los Angeles Market.
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