KQLT

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KQLT
Broadcast areaCasper, Wyoming
Frequency 103.7 MHz
BrandingKolt Country
Programming
Format Country music
Ownership
OwnerMt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
1983;40 years ago (1983)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 47878
Class C
ERP 97,000 watts
HAAT 567 meters (1,860 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°44′38″N106°18′32″W / 42.744°N 106.309°W / 42.744; -106.309
Links
Public license information
Website www.facebook.com/KQLTCountry

KQLT is a commercial radio station located in Casper, Wyoming, broadcasting on 103.7 FM. KQLT airs a country music format branded as "Kolt Country". The music programming is syndicated by Dial Global Networks.

Contents

The station began with an easy listening format in the 1980s. Later in that decade, the station changed to an oldies music format, and then in the 1990s changed again to its present country music format.

All Mt. Rushmore Casper stations are located at 218 N. Wolcott in downtown Casper. KQLT's sister stations are KMLD, KHOC, KVOC, and KASS.

Fines

KQLT, along with other Casper stations owned by Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting were fined $68,000 for using unlicensed studio transmitter links, which the company had been using for 16 years. The FCC fined the company $68,000 for "willfully and repeatedly" violating the law, giving the stations' owner 30 days to get licenses for its STLs for KQLT, and sister stations KMLD, KASS, and KHOC. [2] In 2012, station owner Jan Charles Gray was named in a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Labor for improperly paying employees. Gray called the claims in the lawsuit "bogus". [3] In 2013, Gray informed the Casper Star Tribune that the lawsuit and a $68,000 fine for unlicensed STLs were "a lot of baloney". Gray said if the FCC did not back down, he planned to "sue them on behalf of every radio owner in America that has been wronged by them". [2]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KQLT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 Fugleberg, Jeremy (July 28, 2012). "FCC slaps Casper radio station owner with $68,000 fine". Casper Star-Tribune.
  3. Wolfson, Joshua (November 21, 2012). "Feds Sue Casper Radio Station Owner Over Employee Pay". Casper Star-Tribune .

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