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. KTWO broadcasts a 50,000 watt signal from a two-tower facility located east of Casper near Hat Six Road. The station features several talk shows such as ''

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''. KTWO is also very well known for its news department. It features short news broadcasts throughout the day, as well as a half-hour nightly news program entitled "Wyoming Tonight." In addition the station also offers news broadcasts from

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. Weather forecasts for the station are provided by

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-based "Day Weather." KTWO is Wyoming's primary entry point station in the

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Signal

During the day, a single tower beams the transmitter's full power to almost all of Wyoming. Under the right conditions, the station's daytime signal reaches portions of

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. At night, power is fed to both towers in a directional pattern that pushes the signal westward to protect

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, also located on 1030. Despite being only a class B (regional) station, KTWO's nighttime signal can be heard in much of the Western United States with a good radio. KTWO has received nighttime reception reports in

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, domestically. It has also been received internationally in the

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History

KTWO is the oldest AM radio station in Wyoming. It was first authorized, as KDFN, in the summer of 1929,"New Stations"
''Radio Service Bulletin'', August 31, 1929, page 3. and made its debut broadcast on January 2,

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. In 1948, the station changed its call sign to KSPR. In 1957 the station's owners established a TV station, KSPR-TV, operating on channel 6, but two years later the TV station was shut down, and KSPR radio was sold to the owners of TV station

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in Casper, after which KSPR's call sign was changed to KTWO to match its new sister station. KDFN was initially licensed to operate on 1210 kHz. In 1932 the station was reassigned to 1440 kHz, and in 1941, under the provisions of the

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, moved to 1470 kHz. KTWO moved to its current dial position, 1030 kHz, in 1968.FCC History Cards
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News anchors and reporters

* Roger Gray (news director) * Kevin Koile * Tom Morton * Frank Gambino - sports

References

External links

Official Website

Flash StreamMP3 Stream

FCC History Cards
(covering 1929-1980) {{News/Talk Radio Stations in Wyoming

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