KHAD (104.5
FM) is an American
radio station
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licensed to serve the
community
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of
Upton, Wyoming. The station, established in 2009, is currently owned by The Casper Radio Group, Inc.
Programming
KHAD previously broadcast an
active rock
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music
format
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.
As of August 24, 2021, it appears to be carrying a placeholder format of automated, commercial-free classic hits interrupted by a station ID twice an hour.
History
The station received its original
construction permit
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from the
Federal Communications Commission
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on June 28,
2006
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,
and was assigned the call letters KRUG by the FCC on October 30, 2006.
The station, still under construction, flipped its
call sign
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to KHAD on April 2, 2009, in a swap with a
sister station
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in
Mills, Wyoming
Mills is a town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,461 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Mills is located at (42.846815, -106.378658).
According to the ...
, now known as
KZQL.
In May 2009, White Park Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell KHAD to The Casper Radio Group, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 5, 2009, and the transaction was consummated the same day.
KHAD received its
license to cover from the FCC on June 8, 2009.
Originally, the call letters "KHAD" had been assigned to an AM station in De Soto, Missouri, in 1968. This station closed in the late 1990s.
References
External links
{{Wyoming's Pure Rock Network
HAD
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See also
*Sony BIONZ
*Exmor, Sony Exmor
*Nikon EXPEED
References
Sony image sensors
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Active rock radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2009
2009 establishments in Wyoming