KDOT is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 located in Reno, Nevada

Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

, broadcasting on 104.5 FM

FM broadcasting

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. KDOT airs an active rock

Active rock

Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...

 music format.

History

KDOT-FM began its Rock programming in early April 1996. Previously it had been a moderately successful country station will the call letters "KHIT-FM". In the beginning KDOT played its rock music around the clock with no DJ's. In mid April 1996, the station signed on with its first incarnation of DJ's. The first day schedule was:

• Steve Funk and Brooke (6AM-10AM)
• Dawn Rossi (10AM-3PM)
• Rob Williams (3PM-7PM)
• Kevin Smith (7PM-Midnight)
• Arnie States (Midnight-6AM)

Steve Funk was the first Program Director of KDOT-FM while Rob Williams acted as the operations Manager for the all of the stations within the Lotus Reno building. Over the first year, some changes in the line-up occurred, the largest being Steve Funk moving to afternoons and Rob Williams taking over the morning drive shift (a slot he had previously done under "KHIT-FM"). Brooke left the station soon after and was replaced with Arnie States making this the early version of what would later become a very successful morning team, "The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show

The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show

The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show is a syndicated morning radio show on KRXQ , formerly from Entercom's building in Sacramento, CA and being rebroadcast on KDOT from Lotus' building in Reno, NV and KZND from Anchorage, AK....

". Replacing Arnie States on the overnight shift was Martina Davis, who to this day is the longest continuous running DJ on the air at KDOT-FM.

Earlier use of KDOT Call Letters

The call letters KDOT were used from the 1960s through March 31, 1978 by an FM station licensed to Scottsdale, Arizona. For most of its history, KDOT aired a Beautiful music

Beautiful music

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 easy listening format. Its studios were located in the "beautiful Safari resort." From 1978 to 1986, this station, which broadcast at 100.7 FM, used the call letters KOPA. Since that time the station uses the call letters KSLX

KSLX

KSLX-FM is a Classic rock radio station serving the Phoenix, Arizona area. The Sandusky outlet broadcasts at 100.7 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Scottsdale, Arizona. KSLX simulcasts in digital HD Radio.-History:...

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Controversy

On May 28, 2009, Hosts Rob Williams and Arnie States from the "The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show" drew media attention by advocating violence against LGBT children during their show, in reference to two recent news stories regarding transgendered children. States said, "God forbid if my son put on a pair of high heels, I would probably hit him with one of my shoes". Williams and States took turns referring to gender dysphoric children as "idiots" and "freaks," who were just out "for attention" and had "a mental disorder that just needs to somehow be gotten out of them," either by verbal abuse on the part of the parents, or even shock therapy. In response, several advertisers (including Snapple, Sonic, Carl's Jr, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Verizon, Chipotle Grill, AT&T, and McDonald's) pulled their advertising from KRXQ. Nissan similarly declined to renew an advertising contract with the station. On June 8, 2009, GLAAD announced that the show would issue an apology during a special broadcast including a transgender person.