KXGT (98.3 FM, "Thunder 106.1 & 98.3") is a

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broadcasting a

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Jamestown area. The station is currently owned by Ingstad Family Media. The station was assigned the KXGT call letters by the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

on October 20, 2005.

History

98.3 FM signed on in 1996 with the KYNU call letters as the original home for "Big Dog Country". In 2005, Big Dog Country moved to

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as the

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as we ...

format was swapped to 98.3 as "Oldies 98.3". In 2008, KXGT flipped to

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

as "Sunny 98.3". On August 9, 2012, the station flipped to

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

as "Ted FM". In February 2018 KXGT changed their format from classic hits to a simulcast of classic country formatted

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References

External links

KXGT website
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