KYPX (FM)

Last updated
KYPX
Broadcast area Helena, Montana
Frequency 106.5 MHz
BrandingYellowstone Public Radio
Programming
Format Public radio
Ownership
Owner Montana State University Billings
History
First air date
 2014
Former call signs
KKRK (2013-2017)
Technical information
Facility ID 189560
Class C2
ERP 1,800 watts
HAAT 652 meters (2,139 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 46°49′30″N111°42′13″W / 46.82500°N 111.70361°W / 46.82500; -111.70361
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website ypradio.org

KYPX is an American radio station licensed to Helena Valley Southeast, Montana, serving Helena, Montana. [1] KYPX is owned and operated by Montana State University Billings, [2] and broadcasts a public radio format from Yellowstone Public Radio.

On April 5, 2017, Montana Radio Company announced that it would acquire Cherry Creek Media's Helena stations KCAP, KZMT, and KBLL-FM. To comply with ownership limits, it announced that the then-KKRK's license would be divested to Yellowstone Public Radio, and KKRK's format and programming would be re-located. [3] [4]

Montana State University Billings consummated the acquisition of KKRK and KVMO on July 28, 2017, at which point the station changed its call sign to KYPX. It switched its format to Yellowstone Public Radio in August 2017. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "KYPX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Local business to acquire Colorado company's Helena radio stations". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cherry Creek And Montana Radio Company Swap To Shake-Up Montana Markets". Radio-Insight. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Butte/Great falls/Helena Swap Completed With Multiple Format Changes Radioinsight - August 9. 2017


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