KKFT (99.1

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, "99.1 FM Talk") is a commercial FM

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licensed to Gardnerville–

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, and broadcasting to the

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radio market. KKFT airs a

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and is owned and operated by the Evans Broadcast Group. Studios and offices are on Idaho Street in Carson City. The main

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is off Goni Road, also in Carson City. KKFT can also be heard on a 3,250-

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, KKFT-FM1 in

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Programming

KKFT mostly carries nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: ''

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'', Tom Sullivan (radio and television personality), Tom Sullivan, Lars Larson, Fox News Talk, Jimmy Failla, John B. Wells, ''Markley, Van Camp & Robbins'' and ''Coast to Coast AM with George Noory''. Weekends feature shows on health, money, home repair, technology and guns. Weekend hosts include Hugh Hewitt, ''Lee Habeeb, Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Gary Sullivan (radio host), At Home with Gary Sullivan, Gun Talk (radio program), Gun Talk with Tom Gresham'' and ''Leo Laporte, Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy''. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio. KKFT once aired the only Carson-Reno-Tahoe local weekday morning talk show hosted by conservative Monica Jaye. She was formerly at rival talk station 780 KKOH.

History

On September 1, 1985, the station first Sign-on and sign-off, signed on as KGVM. The station had an effective radiated power (ERP) 3,000

s 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 Adult contemporary music#Soft adult contemporary, soft adult contemporary format. In 2003, the station was bought by Jerry Evans for $850,000.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-332
/ref> Evans increased the tower height to its current , 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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* 1985 establishments in Nevada News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations in Nevada, KFT Radio stations established in 1985 {{Nevada-radio-station-stub