KATQ-FM 100.1 FM, is a radio station licensed to serve
Plentywood, Montana
Plentywood is a city in and the county seat of Sheridan County, Montana, Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,669 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
The first business in Plentywood opened in 1900, an ...
. The station is owned by the Radio International KATQ Broadcast Association, airing a
classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...
format. Studios at 112 Third Avenue East.
The station was assigned the KATQ-FM call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...
on June 18,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
.
The station flipped from
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
(
simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...
ing
KATQ-AM) to classic rock in February 2013.
References
External links
KATQ studio and transmitter photos
ATQ-FM
Classic rock radio stations in the United States
Sheridan County, Montana
Radio stations established in 1962
1962 establishments in Montana
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