KMPT (930
AM) is a
radio station licensed to serve
East Missoula, Montana. The station is owned by
Townsquare Media. It airs a
talk radio format
Format may refer to:
Printing and visual media
* Text formatting, the typesetting of text elements
* Paper formats, or paper size standards
* Newspaper format, the size of the paper page
Computing
* File format, particular way that informatio ...
.
History
KYSS signed on the air June 27, 1959.
Treasure State Broadcasting signed the station on after having acquired the construction permit, briefly known as KDOO, in 1958.
KYSS-FM was started by the station in 1969.
Prior to acquiring the new call sign, KMPT was known as KLCY. The station changed to its current call letters on January 1, 2008.
Ownership
In October 2007, a deal was reached for the station (then known as KLCY) to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Erik Hellum, president) from
Clear Channel Communications
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as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.
What eventually became
GapWest Broadcasting was folded into
Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.
References
External links
Official WebsiteFlash StreamMP3 Stream
MPT
Talk radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1959
Townsquare Media radio stations
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