KLGT

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KLGT
KLGT logo.png
Broadcast areaNortheastern Wyoming
Frequency 96.5 MHz
BrandingKIX 96.5
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
  • Legend Communications of Wyoming, LLC
  • (Big Horn Mountain Radio Network)
KBBS, KZZS, KHRW
History
First air date
December 6, 1982 (as KLGM)
Former call signs
KLGM (1982–1986)
Former frequencies
92.9 MHz (1982–2011)
Call sign meaning
K-LiGhT (previous format)
Technical information
Facility ID 12698
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 101.4 metres (333 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°34′32″N106°52′23″W / 44.57556°N 106.87306°W / 44.57556; -106.87306
Links
Website Official website

KLGT (96.5 FM Hot Country Kix 96.5) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Buffalo, Wyoming, United States, the station serves the Sheridan area, and most of northeastern Wyoming. The station is currently owned by Big Horn Mountain Radio Network, a division of Legend Communications of Wyoming, LLC. [1]

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KLGT shares studios with KBBS and KZZS at 1221 Fort Street west of Buffalo. KLGT and KZZS share a transmitter site off East Eby Road in Story, WY. [2] Sister station KHRW has studios at 324 Coffeen Avenue in Sheridan.

KLGT and other Legend Communications stations KGWY, and KZMQ-FM hold an annual fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Hospital. [3]

History

KLGT began as a construction permit in 1982. The station was assigned the call letters KLGM on December 6, 1982. On April 1, 1986, the station changed its call sign to the current KLGT. The KLGT calls used to be in Breckenridge, Colorado. That station is now known as KSMT. [4]

In 2018, the station was a nominee for Radio Station of the Year, at the first annual Wyoming Country Music Awards. [5]

In 2021, the station added newscasts from Virtual News Source, which is an out-of-market news provider. Previously, news for the station and its sisters was done in-house. [6]

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References

  1. "KLGT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "RTLI-Story, Wyoming area". Ubstudios.com.
  3. "Wyoming Radio Supports St. Jude". National Association of Broadcasters . June 28, 2017.
  4. "KLGT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. "Wyoming Country Music Awards Release Nominees For 2018". Townsquare Media. April 18, 2018.
  6. "News Bites: Davi Crimmins, Rick Dees, WHEB, WJXL, California Public Radio Day". InsideRadio.com. Aug 18, 2021.