KATF

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KATF
KATF 92.9KATFM logo.png
Broadcast areaTri-States (Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois)
Frequency 92.9 MHz
Branding92.9 Kat FM
Programming
Format Adult contemporary
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner Radio Dubuque, Inc.
KDTH, KGRR, WVRE
History
First air date
June 25, 1967 (1967-06-25) (as KFMD)
Former call signs
KFMD (1967–1984)
Call sign meaning
"Kat FM"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 73661
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 309 metres (1,014 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
42°31′44″N90°36′58.5″W / 42.52889°N 90.616250°W / 42.52889; -90.616250
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.radiodubuque.com/katfm/

KATF (92.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to serve the Dubuque, Iowa, United States, area, the station is owned by Radio Dubuque, Inc., and features programming from Fox News Radio. Its transmitter is located across the Mississippi River from the northern part of downtown Dubuque in southwestern Grant County, Wisconsin. KATF formerly had the call letters KFMD. [2]

Includes Katfm in the morning with Lisa Bennett, midday's with Misty Woolf and afternoons with Mike Field.

Radio Dubuque also hosts the Dubuque, Iowa 4th of July celebration, and many local events such as: Chili-cookoffs, outdoor concerts, and live broadcasts.

KATF is the most powerful radio station in the Dubuque market and while all Dubuque radio stations cover the tri-states of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, KATF's signal can also be heard in the far southeastern corner of Minnesota, thereby adding a fourth state to the fringes of the FM station's coverage area.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KATF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "KATF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.