KGAB is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a News Talk Information format. It is licensed to Orchard Valley, Wyoming and serves the Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...

 area. The station is owned and operated by Townsquare Media.

History

The station was assigned the call sign KVWO on June 9, 1978. On October 11, 1979 the station changed its call sign to KUUY and on December 9, 1996 to KMRZ. On March 21, 1997 the station became the current KGAB. KGAB's previous call sign KMRZ is now in use for a station in Superior, Wyoming

Superior, Wyoming

Superior is a town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 244 at the 2000 census.-Notable people:*Former Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Richard V...

Programming

Programming on KGAB includes live broadcasts of The Rush Limbaugh Show

The Rush Limbaugh Show

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 and Coast to Coast AM

Coast to Coast AM

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 as well as delayed broadcasts of The Glenn Beck Program and The Sean Hannity Show

The Sean Hannity Show

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. One of the most popular shows on KGAB is The Morning Zone, which is locally produced, and discussed topics of interest with a conservative slant. The station also carries Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

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 and Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 games during their seasons.

KGAB in popular culture

The Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...

 movie Talk Radio

Talk Radio (film)

Talk Radio is a 1988 American drama film, starring Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene and Leslie Hope. Directed by Oliver Stone, the film was based on the play by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar. Portions of the film and play were based on the assassination of radio host Alan Berg in 1984...

 takes place at a fictional radio station called KGAB, located in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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. The movie was made in 1988, and as KGAB's current call sign only dates back to 1997, it is unknown if the name was taken from the movie.

External links

• Official Website