KKFT (99.1

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, "99.1 FM Talk") is a

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Gardnerville Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the 2020 census. U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, kno ...

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, and broadcasting to the

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. KKFT airs a

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and is owned and operated by the Evans Broadcast Group. Studios and offices are on Idaho Street in Carson City. The main

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is off Goni Road, also in Carson City. KKFT can also be heard on a 3,250-

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, KKFT-FM1 in

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Programming

KKFT mostly carries

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shows: ''

Armstrong & Getty ''Armstrong & Getty'' are the hosts of ''The Armstrong & Getty Show,'' a nationally syndicated morning drive radio show hosted by Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. The talk show format is a mixture of libertarian and conservative political commentary, ...

'', Tom Sullivan,

Lars Larson Lars Kristopher Larson (born March 6, 1959)"Lars Kristopher Larson". ''Who's Who in the West'', 26th ed. Accessed June 17, 2013 via LexisNexis. is an American conservative talk radio show host based in Portland, Oregon. Larson worked in televis ...

, Jimmy Failla, John B. Wells, ''Markley, Van Camp & Robbins'' and ''

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with

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''. Weekends feature shows on health, money, home repair, technology and guns. Weekend hosts include

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, '' Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb,

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with

Dave Ramsey David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions and a co-host of '' The Ramsey Show'', a nationally syndicated radio program. He ...

At Home with Gary Sullivan ''At Home with Gary Sullivan'' is a weekly home improvement talk radio program hosted by Gary Sullivan. The program is distributed by Premiere Networks Premiere Networks, Inc. (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, shortened as PRN) is an Amer ...

, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham'' and '' Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy''. Most hours begin with world and national news from

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. KKFT once aired the only Carson-Reno-Tahoe local weekday morning talk show hosted by conservative Monica Jaye. She was formerly at rival talk station 780

KKOH KKOH (780 AM; "News Talk 780 KOH") is a commercial radio station licensed to Reno, Nevada. It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. Studios and offices are on East Plumb Lane. The transmitter is off Chickade ...

History

On September 1, 1985, the station first

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as KGVM. The station had an

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(ERP) 3,000

s from a tower that was minus 815 feet in

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(HAAT), so its coverage area was limited. The station was owned by Lloyd W. Higuera using the corporate name Carson Valley Radio and it had a

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format. In 2003, the station was bought by Jerry Evans for $850,000.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-332
/ref> Evans increased the tower height to its current , giving the station good coverage in the cities of Reno, Sparks and Carson City. The station switched to its current talk format, to compete with the Reno radio market's 50,000-watt talk leader,

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, owned and operated by

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* 1985 establishments in Nevada News and talk radio stations in the United States KFT Radio stations established in 1985 Douglas County, Nevada {{Nevada-radio-station-stub