KGLT (91.9 FM) is a

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licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana. The station is owned by

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and licensed to the Board of Regents - Montana University System. It airs a

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format. The station was assigned the KGLT call letters by the

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. and broadcasts from Bozeman, and across southwestern Montana, including translators in Helena, Montana and

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. The station is staffed almost entirely by volunteers, both MSU students and members of the local community. The station hires a director and has a few paid work-study positions. Individuals wishing to become

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s are required to complete an apprenticeship program before going on the air, after which time, they may apply for an on-air shift each semester, or participate as part of the news crew or as producers or talent for in-house weekly programming. KGLT is known for airing a significant amount of non-mainstream programming and a wide variety of music in a "format-free" environment. Prior to the arrival of a

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affiliate in Bozeman, the station carried several public broadcasting programs, though it has never been formally affiliated with NPR. The station continues to air a small amount of nationally syndicated public radio programming from NPR and Public Radio International, such as ''

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'', '' Mountain Stage'', and ''New Dimensions Radio''. The nationally aired 2-minute radio interlude, " Chrysti the Wordsmith," now supported and aired nationally by the

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, originated at KGLT. Creator Chrysti "the Wordsmith" Smith still produces the program at KGLT studios, and expanded her program into book format as the author of ''Verbivore's Feast: A Banquet of Word & Phrase Origins'' and ''Verbivore's Feast: Second Course: More Word & Phrase Origins''

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KGLT official website
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