KYPX is an American

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

licensed to

Helena Valley Southeast, Montana Helena Valley Southeast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. The population was 8,227 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is part of the Helena, Montan ...

, serving

Helena, Montana Helena (; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat, seat of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold ...

. KYPX is owned and operated by

Montana State University Billings Montana State University Billings (or MSU Billings) is a public university in Billings, Montana, United States. It is the state's third largest university. Its campus is located on 110 acres in downtown Billings. Formerly Eastern Montana Normal ...

, and broadcasts a

public radio Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive ...

format from

Yellowstone Public Radio Yellowstone Public Radio is a public radio regional network based in Billings, Montana with transmitters covering most of Montana, as well as northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho. It is operated by Montana State University Billings. It airs a ...

. On April 5, 2017, Montana Radio Company announced that it would acquire Cherry Creek Media's Helena stations KCAP,

KZMT KZMT (101.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Helena, Montana. The station is owned by Kevin Terry and licensed to thMontana Radio Company, LLC It airs a classic rock music format. The station was assigned the KZMT call letters by the Fe ...

, and KBLL-FM. To comply with ownership limits, it announced that the then-KKRK's license would be divested to

, and KKRK's format and programming would be re-located. Montana State University Billings consummated the acquisition of KKRK and KVMO on July 28, 2017, at which point the station changed its call sign to KYPX. It switched its format to Yellowstone Public Radio in August 2017.Butte/Great falls/Helena Swap Completed With Multiple Format Changes
Radioinsight - August 9. 2017

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* YPX (FM) Radio stations established in 2013 2013 establishments in Montana Montana State University Billings Yellowstone Public Radio {{Montana-radio-station-stub