KKTY is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting an oldies music format. Licensed to Douglas, Wyoming

Douglas, Wyoming

Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,288 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Converse County...

, USA. The station is currently owned by Douglas Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from CNN Radio and Westwood One

Westwood One

Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

. KKTY-AM also broadcasts on translator K227BU at 93.3FM in the Douglas area.

93.3FM/AM 1470 KKTY broadcasts University of Wyoming Cowboys football and Cowboys and Cowgirls basketball, Denver Broncos football and Colorado Rockies baseball.

History

The station signed on as KWIV - Douglas in June of 1957. KWIV originally broadcast as a 250-watt daytimer on 1050AM. The station was assigned the call sign

Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...

KKTY on May 1, 1992. September 1, 1992, the station changed its call sign to KWOG and on December 2, 1993, the station reverted to KKTY.