KDNO

Last updated
KDNO
Frequency 101.7 MHz
BrandingCountry Legends 101.7
Programming
Format Classic country
Affiliations CBS News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Edwards Group Holdings, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Trust
  • (Edwards Communications LC)
KFCW, KTAK, KVOW, KWYW
History
First air date
2001
Former call signs
 KBIK (1999–1999)
Technical information
Facility ID 88672
Class C1
ERP 16,500 watts
HAAT 579.6 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 43°26′18″N107°59′37″W / 43.43833°N 107.99361°W / 43.43833; -107.99361
Links
Website wrrnetwork.com/kdno/

KDNO (101.7 FM) is a classic country radio station in Thermopolis, Wyoming. The station is owned by the Edwards Group Holdings, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Trust, through licensee Edwards Communications, LC, and features programming from CBS News Radio and Compass Media Networks. [1] The owner of Edwards Communications LC is also the owner of KFCW and KWYW. The call sign used to belong to what is now KDFO in Delano, California from 1970 to 1997. KDNO covers most of Hot Springs County and reaches most of Fremont County and can be heard in Lander and as far north as Worland. The station has kept the same format since its inception. [2]

Contents

History and facilities

The station was assigned the call sign KBIK on January 22, 1999. On September 9, 1999, the station changed its call sign to KDNO. [3] KDNO was once a sister station of KTHE 1240 kHz also from Thermopolis.

The station shares its antenna with KWYW on Copper Mountain. In 2014, the station joined the Wind River Radio Network, after being purchased by Edwards Communications. [4]

For a period of time in the spring and summer of 2014, KDNO and sister station KWYW were audible as far away as Sheridan, via a phenomenon known as knife edge diffraction, which allowed the signal to bounce over the Bighorn Mountains. The format was noted to be classic country. [5]

In September 2023, the station, along with its sisters moved to a new studio on Main Street, co-located with the town's newspaper, The Riverton Ranger. Along with the move to the new studio, Edwards Communications also upgraded its other stations transmitters southeast of Riverton on Beaver Rim (KFCW, KTAK), and northeast on Copper Mountain (KWYW). AM sister KVOW received an upgrade as well. [6] KVOW and KTAK were originally at 603 East Pershing Avenue in Riverton. [7] The station is an affiliate of DayWeather Wyoming, originating out of Cheyenne. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "KDNO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ The Country Music Association Directory 2005. Country Music Association. 2005. p. 345. ISBN   978-0-9706579-4-7.
  3. ↑ "KDNO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Company buys local radio stations". Riverton Ranger. June 5, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  5. ↑ "Sheridan FM DX log". Ubstudios.com. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ Ernie Over (September 1, 2023). "Your favorite radio stations move to Main". Riverton Ranger.
  7. ↑ "Wyoming". JohnInArizona.com. 2014.
  8. ↑ "DayWeather Wyoming". Brownfield Ag News. Retrieved April 27, 2024.


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