KKCT (97.5 FM), known as Hot 97.5, is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station licensed to

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. Townsquare Media also owns

KLXX KLXX (1270 AM), known as "Super Talk 1270", is a radio station located midway between Mandan and Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. It has always been licensed to Mandan, although most of its audience is in neighboring Bismarck. KLXX currentl ...

1270 (

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KBYZ KBYZ (96.5 FM), known as "96.5 The Walleye", is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States, owned by Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media also owns KLXX 1270 ( Talk), KKCT 97.5 ( CHR), KACL 98.7 ( Classic Hits), and KUSB ...

96.5 (

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), KACL 98.7 (

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), and

KUSB KUSB (103.3 FM), known as "103.3 US Country", is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, owned by Townsquare Media that signed on September 25, 2006 with a country music format, directly competing with Clear Channel Communications' ...

103.3 (

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) in the Bismarck-

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area. All the studios are at 4303 Memorial Highway in Mandan, along with the AM transmitter and tower. All the FM transmitters are at a site in Saint Anthony, North Dakota, on 57th Road.

Construction permit

On December 15, 2009 KKCT was granted a

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(FCC)

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to increase HAAT to 305.2 meters. The permit expired on December 15, 2012.

History

KKCT signed on in 1993 with a

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format as "Kat Kountry", which later became "K-Kountry". KKCT flipped to

Contemporary Hit Radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

(Top 40) as "Hot 97.5" in 2004, which led to competitor

KYYY KYYY (92.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bismarck, North Dakota, and serving the Bismarck–Mandan region. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station has an adult contemporary format under the "Mix 92.9" banner. For 45 years, the statio ...

"Y93" switching to an

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format. Y93 changed back to Top 40/CHR in September 2012. However, on December 27, Y93 changed it's branding to Mix 92.9, and flipped back to adult contemporary.

External links

Hot 97.5 official website
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