KKFT

KKFT (99.1 MHz, "99.1 FM Talk") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to GardnervilleMinden, Nevada, broadcasting to the RenoCarson City radio market. KKFT airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Evans Broadcast Group.[1]

KKFT
CityGardnervilleMinden, Nevada
Broadcast areaCarson CityRenoSparks
Frequency99.1 MHz
Branding99.1 FM Talk
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Premiere Networks
Salem Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerEvans Broadcasting
KRFN, KRAT
History
First air date
September 1, 1985 (1985-09-01) (as KGVM)
Technical information
Facility ID9136
ClassC2
ERP1,800 watts
HAAT611.7 meters (2,007 ft)
Repeater(s)99.1 KKFT-FM1 (Stateline)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website991fmtalk.com

Studios and offices are on Idaho Street in Carson City. The main transmitter is off Goni Road, also in Carson City.[2] KKFT can also be heard on a 3,250-watt booster station, KKFT-FM1 in Stateline, Nevada.[3]

Programming

KKFT carries the only local weekday morning talk show program hosted by Monica Jaye (formerly at KKOH) and mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Armstrong & Getty, Tom Sullivan, Lars Larson, Larry Elder, Sebastian Gorka and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Weekends feature shows on health, money, law, home repair, technology, guns and outdoor sports. Weekend hosts include Bill Handel, Joe Pags, Dave Ramsey, John B. Wells, Gary Sullivan, Tom Gresham and Leo Laporte. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

History

On September 1, 1985, the station first signed on as KGVM.[4] The station had an effective radiated power (ERP) 3,000 watts from a tower that was minus 815 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT), so its coverage area was limited. The station was owned by Lloyd W. Higuera using the corporate name Carson Valley Radio and it had a soft adult contemporary format.

In 2003, the station was bought by Jerry Evans for $850,000.[5] Evans increased the tower height to its current 2007 feet (611.7 meters), giving the station good coverage in the cities of Reno, Sparks and Carson City. The station switched to its current talk format, to compete with the Reno radio market's 50,000-watt talk leader, KKOH, 780 AM, owned and operated by Cumulus Media.

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