KYAT
Radio station in Gallup, New Mexico
35°36′22.08″N 108°41′28.31″W / 35.6061333°N 108.6911972°W / 35.6061333; -108.6911972Public license information
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KYAT is a radio station on 94.5 FM in Gallup, New Mexico, United States. Owned and operated by Millennium Media, the station broadcasts a country music format in the Navajo language known as Ya'a'te'eh Diné (Navajo Country).
History
94.5 FM was launched as KGLP on October 19, 1974, airing a country format.[2] It was co-owned with KYVA (1230 AM),[3] which had previously mixed Top 40 and country tunes, much to the chagrin of its air staff; the new country outlet allowed the two formats to be split.[4] Both stations were sold to Road Runner Radio, Inc., owned by Russell Carpenter and George Malti,[5] for $500,000 in 1977, and the FM's call letters were changed to KOVO on October 24.[6] The station flipped to adult contemporary in 1986 and adopted the call letters KKOR.[7]
In 2010, the call letters were changed to KYAT as the station began broadcasting full-time in the Navajo language, the first FM station to do so.[8] Some program features remained in English, including news bulletins three times a day from the Navajo Times newspaper.[8] Coverage was extended to Navajo-language play-by-play of high school basketball games in January 2017.[9]
George Malti died in 2016 after owning KYVA and KYAT for 39 years.[10]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KYAT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KGLP Will Begin This Saturday". Gallup Independent. October 16, 1974. p. 11. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "KGLP(FM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1976. p. C-128 (382). Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "Gallup's four radio stations informative". Navajo Times. October 5, 1978. pp. B-13, B-14. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 4, 1977. p. 61. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ FCC History Cards for KYAT
- ^ "KKOR(FM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1987. p. B-188. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ a b Zah, Erny (October 17, 2011). "KYAT-FM offers 24-hour Navajo language". Navajo Times. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Velasco, Dee (January 20, 2017). "KYAT launches local sports coverage program". Gallup Sun. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Dotson, Bernie (May 20, 2016). "Media mogul George Malti dies in Sedona, Ariz". Gallup Sun. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
External links
- ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› KYAT in the FCC FM station database
- KYAT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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Country radio stations in the state of New Mexico
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- KBIM-FM – Roswell
- KBKZ – Raton
- KBQI – Albuquerque
- KBQI HD2 – Albuquerque
- KCCC - Carlsbad
- KCHS – Truth or Consequence
- KCLV-FM – Clovis
- KFUN – Las Vegas
- KGLX – Gallup
- KGRT-FM – Las Cruces
- KIXN – Hobbs
- KKTC – Angel Fire
- KKYC – Clovis
- KMIN – Grants
- KMOU – Roswell
- KNDN-FM – Shiprock
- KNFT-FM – Bayard
- KOTS – Deming
- KQBA – Los Alamos
- KRST – Albuquerque
- KRSY-FM – La Luz
- KSEL – Portales
- KSEL-FM – Portales
- KTNM – Tucumcari
- KTRA-FM – Farmington
- KTZA – Artesia
- KWES - Ruidoso
- KWES-FM – Ruidoso
- KWMW – Maljamar
- KXPZ – Las Cruces
- KYAT – Gallup
- KYBR – Espanola
- KYRN – Socorro
- KZZX – Alamogordo
- KLEA – Lovington
- See also
- adult contemporary
- classic hits
- college
- country
- news/talk
- NPR
- oldies
- religious
- rock
- sports
- top 40
- urban
- other radio stations in New Mexico
