KMTY

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KMTY
Broadcast area Kearney, Nebraska
Frequency 97.7 MHz
BrandingThunder 97.7 & 99.7
Programming
Format Active rock
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Joseph Vavricek
  • (Legacy Communications, LLC)
KKJK, KRGI, KRGI-FM, KRGY
History
First air date
1970 (as KUVR-FM)
Former call signs
KUVR-FM (1970–1984)
KKTY-FM (1983–1989)
KUVR-FM (1989–1996) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 27174
Class C1
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 148.3 meters (487 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°36′8″N98°50′21″W / 40.60222°N 98.83917°W / 40.60222; -98.83917
Repeater(s) 96.5 KRGI-HD3 (Grand Island)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website thunderfm.rocks

KMTY (97.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Gibbon, Nebraska, United States. The station is owned by Joseph Vavricek, through licensee Legacy Communications, LLC.

Contents

KMTY broadcasts an active rock format branded as "Thunder 97.7 & 99.7" to the greater Kearney, Nebraska, area. [3] KMTY previously aired a country music format branded as "Big Country" and before that, an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM" and before that a similar adult hits format as "Bob FM". In addition to its music programming, KMTY broadcasts Major League Baseball games as an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals radio network. [4] [5]

The station was assigned the KMTY call sign by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 1, 1996. [1]

History

On September 30, 2011, KMTY was granted an FCC construction permit to change the city of license from Holdrege, Nebraska to Gibbon, Nebraska, move to a new transmitter site, increase ERP to 100,000 watts and decrease HAAT to 42 meters.

In May 2013, Armada Media and Legacy Broadcasting traded some stations in Nebraska, with two stations in Holdrege (KUVR and KMTY) going to Legacy and eight others in the Scottsbluff and North Platte markets (KZTL, KRNP, KOAQ, KOLT, KMOR, KETT, KOZY-FM and KHYY) going to Armada Media. The transaction was completed on October 11, 2013, for a purchase price of $800,000.

On June 17, 2013, KMTY changed their format from adult hits (branded as "Jack FM") to country, branded as "Big Country 97.7".

The move from Holdrege to Gibbon was licensed by the FCC on August 25, 2014.

On September 6, 2021, KMTY flipped to active rock, branded as "Thunder 97.7 & 99.7". [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KMTY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Royals Radio Network". Kansas City Royals. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Royals Radio Affiliate Profile: Holdrege, Nebraska [KMTY-FM]". Royals Review. November 17, 2008.
  6. ↑ “Thunder” Rocks Third Central Nebraska Signal Northpine.com - October 11, 2021


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