KTHE (Wyoming)

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KTHE
Broadcast area Hot Springs County
Frequency 1240 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct (formerly adult standards/MOR)
Affiliations Cumulus Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Jerry and Steve Edwards
  • (Edwards Communications, LC)
KDNO, KWYW, KFCW
History
First air date
August 17, 1955 [1]
Last air date
September 2014 (2014-09)
Call sign meaning
Thermopolis [2]
Technical information
Facility ID 33664
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
43°37′56″N108°13′36″W / 43.63222°N 108.22667°W / 43.63222; -108.22667
Former KTHE tower near Hot Springs State Park. KTHEtower.jpg
Former KTHE tower near Hot Springs State Park.

KTHE was an AM radio station licensed to Thermopolis, Wyoming, and broadcasting at 1240 kHz. The station broadcast an adult standards format. It signed on in August 1955. The tower for KTHE was located near the mouth of Wind River Canyon. It was previously located just outside Hot Springs State Park next to its former studios. The studios were relocated to 420 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis. The station's license was surrendered for cancellation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 3, 2014, and the FCC cancelled the license on September 8, 2014, leaving no locally licensed AM stations in Thermopolis. Edwards Communications had originally planned to develop KTHE however those plans did not go through. [3]

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Signal

KTHE broadcast a 1,000 watt signal day and night. During the day, KTHE could be heard as far south as Lander, and as far east as Casper. KTHE could be received as far north as Greybull.

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References

  1. "License #33664". Federal Communications Commission .
  2. "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. Company buys local radio stations