KOUT

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KOUT
KOUT-FM logo.png
Frequency 98.7 MHz
BrandingThe Black Hills Favorite Country
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner HomeSlice Media Group, LLC
KBHB, KFXS, KKLS, KKMK, KRCS
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 14642
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 141 meters (463 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°04′13″N103°15′01″W / 44.07028°N 103.25028°W / 44.07028; -103.25028
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website http://www.katradio.com/

KOUT (98.7 FM, "Kat Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota. The station is owned by HomeSlice Media Group, LLC. It airs a country music format. [2]

Contents

The station was assigned the KOUT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 29, 1991. [3]

Notable on-air personalities include "The Roadhouse" with Amy, Brandon Jones, Dean Taylor, and the "2nd Shift" with Mark Houston, Dean Taylor, Leslie Lane, and Stitch. Syndicated show The Big Time with Whitney Allen on evenings.

Ownership

In May 1999, Triad Broadcasting reached a deal to acquire this station from brothers Jim and Tom Ingstad as part of a twelve-station deal valued at a reported $37.8 million. [4]

In July 2006, Schurz Communications reached an agreement to buy this station from Triad Broadcasting Co. as part of a six-station deal valued at a reported $19 million. [5] Schurz Communications created the Black Hills broadcast division, New Rushmore Radio, now known as Rushmore Media Company, Inc.

Schurz Communications announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including KOUT, to Gray Television for $442.5 million. [6] [7] Though Gray initially intended to keep Schurz' radio stations, on November 2, it announced that HomeSlice Media Group, LLC would acquire KOUT and the other Rushmore Media Company radio stations for $2.2 million; the deal reunites the stations with KBHB and KKLS, which HomeSlice acquired from Schurz in 2014 following its purchase of KOTA-TV. [8] [9] [10] [11] The sale to HomeSlice Media was consummated on February 15, 2016 at a price of $2.5 million.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOUT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. ↑ Holmes, Alisa (1999-05-24). "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 83 (89).
  5. ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2006-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations". South Bend Tribune . September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ Kuperberg, Jonathan (September 14, 2015). "Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable . Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Gray Sells Radio Stations From Schurz Deal". TVNewsCheck. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2015). "Gray Television Divests Schurz Clusters To Three Buyers". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "HomeSlice Group purchases four Rapid City radio stations". Meade County Times-Tribune. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "HomeSlice Media Group purchases four Rapid City radio stations". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-05.


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