KMTY is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Holdrege, Nebraska

Holdrege, Nebraska

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, USA. The station is owned by Armada Media - McCook, Inc.

KMTY broadcasts an adult hits

Adult hits

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 format branded as "Jack FM

Jack FM

JACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles. Jack's slogan "playing what we want" can also be...

" to the greater Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney....

, area. KMTY previously aired a similar music format branded as "Bob FM

Bob FM

Bob FM is the on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in Canada and the United States. The Bob FM format features a mix of classic 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles....

". In addition to its music programming, KMTY broadcasts Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 games as an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

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 radio network.

The station was assigned the KMTY call sign

Call sign

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 by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on April 1, 1996

1996 in radio

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