KPYT-LP (100.3
FM, "Yoeme Radio") is a
radio station
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licensed
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to serve
Tucson, Arizona
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, nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town"
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. The station is owned by the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
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. It airs a
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format and serves the Pascua Yaqui Reservation.
The station is an affiliate of Native Public Media. Hector Youtsey is the manager and director of KPYT-LP.
The station was assigned the KPYT-LP call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on September 12,
2005
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after beginning operations of June 12 of that year.
See also
*
List of community radio stations in the United States
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References
External links
Official Website
PYT-LP
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Native American radio
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Mass media in Pima County, Arizona
Community radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2005
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