KGWY (100.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Gillette, Wyoming Gillette (, '' jih-LET'') is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The town was founded in 1891 as a major railway town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The population was estimated at 32,030 a ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Basin Radio Network, a division of Legend Communications of Wyoming, LLC. KGWY and its three

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s, KIML,

KAML-FM KAML-FM (97.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a top 40 format, licensed to Gillette, Wyoming, United States. The station is currently owned by the Basin Radio Network, a division of Legend Communications of Wyoming, LLC, and features progra ...

, and

KDDV KDDV-FM (101.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Wright, Wyoming, United States. It airs a classic rock music format. The station is currently owned by Legend Communications of Wyoming, LLC. KDDV-FM and its three sister station In broadcastin ...

are located at 2810 Southern Drive, Gillette. The KGWY transmitter site is on Rain Dancer Court, close to the

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History

The station was assigned the

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KGWY on January 18, 1983, as ''Y-100'', a Top-40 station.

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Country radio stations in the United States GWY Radio stations established in 1983 {{Wyoming-radio-station-stub