KGNT

Last updated
KGNT
City Smithfield, Utah
Broadcast area Logan, Utah
Frequency 103.9 MHz
BrandingKool 103.9
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations CBS News Radio, Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerFrandsen Media Company, LLC
KBLQ-FM, KKEX, KLGN, KLZX, KVFX, KVNU
History
First air date
February 1983 (as KVEZ) [1]
Former call signs
KVEZ (1983-1993)
KNUC (1993-1998)
KGNT (1998-2001)
KBET (7/2001-8/2001)
Technical information
Facility ID 38274
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT -47 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 41°48′44″N111°47′30″W / 41.81222°N 111.79167°W / 41.81222; -111.79167
Translator(s) 107.3 K297AP (Tremonton)
Repeater(s) 96.7  KKEX-HD2 (Preston, Idaho)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kool1039.com

KGNT (103.9 FM) is a classic hits formatted radio station licensed to Smithfield, Utah and owned by Frandsen Media Company, LLC. The station features programming from CBS News Radio and Westwood One. [2] [3]

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History

The station started out with the call sign KVEZ on January 10, 1983, and officially launched the following February. On September 1, 1993, the station changed its call sign to KNUC, and on March 1, 1998, to KGNT. On July 20, 2001, the station briefly switched calls to KBET. On August 16, 2001, it was reverted to KGNT. [4]

In 2011, KGNT was granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit to increase ERP to 6,000 watts and decrease HAAT to -47 meters. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. ↑ "KGNT Facility Record". U.S. Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "KGNT Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "KGNT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ from FCC


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