KATQ-FM 100.1 FM, is a radio station licensed to serve
Plentywood, Montana. The station is owned by the Radio International KATQ Broadcast Association, airing a
classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...
format. The studios are at 112 Third Avenue East.
The station was assigned the KATQ-FM call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains j ...
on June 18,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
.
The station flipped from
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
(
simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...
ing
KATQ-AM) to classic rock in February 2013.
References
External links
KATQ studio and transmitter photos
ATQ-FM
Classic rock radio stations in the United States
Sheridan County, Montana
Radio stations established in 1962
1962 establishments in Montana
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