KKTY (1470 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Douglas, Wyoming Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,120 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Converse County and the home of the Wyoming State Fair. History Douglas was platted in 1886 when the Wyoming C ...

, United States. The station is owned by Douglas Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from

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. KKTY also broadcasts on translator K227BU at 93.3 FM in the Douglas area. KKTY broadcasts University of Wyoming Cowboys football and Cowboys and Cowgirls basketball, Denver Broncos football and Colorado Rockies baseball.

History

The station signed on as KWIV in June 1957. KWIV originally broadcast as a 250-watt daytimer on 1050AM. In the 1970s, KWIV moved from 1050 to 1470, allowing Casper's KTWO to move from 1470 to 1030. The move to 1470AM allowed KWIV to raise its daytime power to 1,000 watts, and for the first time, broadcast at night with 500 watts. The station was assigned the

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KKTY on May 1, 1992. September 1, 1992, the station changed its call sign to KWOG and on December 2, 1993, the station reverted to KKTY.

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* * KTY Radio stations established in 1957 Classic hits radio stations in the United States Douglas, Wyoming Converse County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-radio-station-stub