KNCT-FM (91.3

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, airing an

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. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is owned by

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. The studios and offices are located on the campus of Central Texas College in Killeen. The

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is located on Eagle Nest Road in Harker Heights. KNCT-FM broadcasts in the

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format. Its HD-2 subchannel carries

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. KNCT-FM is listener supported. As a noncommercial station, KNCT-FM relies on contributions and holds periodic fundraisers on the air seeking support. KNCT-FM's 50,000

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signal covers a large area of

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, including the Killeen-

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and

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radio markets as well as part of the

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market. It has a website which includes live streaming as well as on-demand capabilities. The station is also available on

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and Google Play, and can be streamed on most hand-held devices.

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KNCT-FM plays

music it describes as "

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." The

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is made up of instrumental

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s of popular songs. Several times each hour, soft adult contemporary and middle of the road vocals are heard. From early December until December 25, the station switches to all-

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, but still primarily playing instrumental holiday songs and

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s. The station is largely automated with live hosts heard some hours on weekdays. Also on weekdays, AP Radio news begins most hours.

History

KNCT-FM first

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the air on November 23, 1970.Broadcasting Yearbook 1972 page B-207
/ref> When KNCT-FM first went on the air, it aired an educational format as part of Central Texas College's service to the community. Over time, KNCT-FM became a

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outlet in response to commercial easy listening stations switching to more contemporary, uptempo formats. In June 2019, KNCT-FM named Michelle Flores the station's new general manager. Flores is the first woman to lead the station in its nearly 50 years of being on the air and, at 32, Flores is among the youngest women ever to take on the role of general manager at a public radio station. KNCT-FM had a co-owned TV station, KNCT-TV Channel 46, which was a

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member station. The TV station signed on the same day as the radio station and served Central Texas for 47 years. Financial pressures forced Central Texas College to take the station dark in August 2018; it was subsequently sold to

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to become Central Texas' CW affiliate. KNCT-FM's operations were not affected by the TV station's shutdown and sale.

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{{Waco Radio NCT-FM Radio stations established in 1970 Easy listening radio stations 1970 establishments in Texas

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