KQTY (1490 AM) was a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to Borger, Texas, United States, the station was last owned by Zia Broadcasting Company. The station featured hourly newscasts from CBS Radio. Show hosts included

Doug Stephan Doug Stephan is an American radio talk show personality who independently syndicates and hosts several national syndicated radio shows for Radio America. Radio Programs Doug Stephan's "DJV Show" is a morning talkradio program airing live Mond ...

Hugh Hewitt Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network and an attorney, academic, and author. A conservative, he writes about law, society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is ...

Dennis Prager Dennis Mark Prager (; born August 2, 1948) is an American conservative radio talk show host and writer. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show ''The Dennis Prager Show''. In 2009, he co-founded PragerU, which creates five-m ...

Dana Loesch Dana Lynn Loesch ( ; ; born September 28, 1978) is an American radio and TV host. She is a former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association and a former writer and editor for ''Breitbart News''. Loesch was the host of the program ''Dana'' ...

and

Michael Medved Michael Saul Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show, ''The Michael Medved Show'', is syndicated from his home station KTTH in Seattle. It is syndicated via Gen ...

. On August 12, 2019, station management announced that it would cease operation on Friday, August 16, 2019, at 10 pm. The station's license was surrendered to the

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and cancelled on September 15, 2020.

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FCC Station Search Details: DKQTY
(Facility ID: 74564) * (covering 1945-1980 as KRGH / KHUZ / KQTY) QTY (AM) Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in Texas Radio stations disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in Texas QTY (AM) Defunct radio stations in the United States {{Texas-radio-station-stub