KISN is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to serve Belgrade, Montana

Belgrade, Montana

Belgrade is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,728 at the 2000 census.The original townsite of Belgrade was established and filed in the Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder's Office by Thomas B. Quaw, a businessman from the midwest, in July 1881...

. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, licensed to Gap Broadcasting Bozeman License, LLC. It airs a Top 40 (CHR)

Contemporary hit radio

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 music format.

All Townsquare Media Bozeman studios are located at 125 West Mendenhall Street, downtown Bozeman. KXLB

KXLB

KXLB is a radio station licensed to serve Livingston, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and the broadcast license is held by Townsquare Media Bozeman License, LLC....

, KMMS-FM

KMMS-FM

KMMS-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, licensed to Townsquare Media Bozeman License, LLC. It airs an Adult Album Alternative music format....

, KZMY

KZMY

KZMY is a radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, licensed to Townsquare Media Bozeman License, LLC. It airs a Hot Adult Contemporary music format....

, and KISN all share a transmitter site on Green Mountain, east of Bozeman.

The station was assigned the KISN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on January 14, 2004

2004 in radio

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.

Ownership

In February 2008, Colorado

Colorado

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-based GAPWEST Broadcasting completed the acquisition of 57 radio stations in 13 markets in the Pacific Northwest-Rocky Mountain region from Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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. The deal, valued at a reported $74 million, included six Bozeman stations, seven in Missoula

Missoula, Montana

Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...

 and five in Billings

Billings, Montana

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. Other stations in the deal are located in Shelby, Montana

Shelby, Montana

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, and in Casper

Casper, Wyoming

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 and Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming

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, plus Pocatello

Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...

 and Twin Falls, Idaho

Twin Falls, Idaho

Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 44,125 at the 2010 censusTwin Falls is the largest city of Idaho's Magic Valley region...

, and Yakima, Washington

Yakima, Washington

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. GapWest was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.

External links

• KISN official website