KIRT is a radio station at 1580 AM in

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. It is owned by Bravo Broadcasting Company and carries a Spanish Christian talk format known as La Radical.

History

KIRT received its license in 1957 and by 1958 was broadcasting entirely in Spanish. Its initial owners, Robert F. Pool Sr. and Jr., sold the station to KIRT, Inc. in 1958; in 1970, KIRT was sold to Rio Broadcasting Company. In 2001, Bravo Broadcasting Company was transferred from Edward L. Gómez to Iglesia del Pueblo.

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