KHWG (AM)

KHWG

City of license	Fallon, Nevada
Branding	"Classic Country K-Hog"
Frequency	750 kHz
First air date	June 2, 2005
Format	Classic Country
Power	10,000 watts day 250 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	135862
Transmitter coordinates	39°26′21″N 118°46′47″W / 39.43917°N 118.77972°W / 39.43917; -118.77972Coordinates: 39°26′21″N 118°46′47″W / 39.43917°N 118.77972°W / 39.43917; -118.77972
Callsign meaning	"Hog (hawg) Country"
Affiliations	KHWG-FM
Owner	Media Enterprises, LLC.
Webcast	KHWG Webstream
Website	KHWG Online

KHWG (750 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Fallon, Nevada, USA, the station is currently owned by Media Enterprises, LLC.^[1] This station operates at the assigned frequency of 750 kHz at a power of 10,000 watts day and 250 watts night, both non-directional.

History

Signage in front of KHWG studio building along Route 95 in Fallon.

Beginnings in Carson City

The history of KHWG actually dates back to 1991, when Caballero Radio West purchased two construction permits for this station, known then as KKNK Carson City, and KKNC in Sun Valley, California at a price of $37,500, according to the 1993 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook. KKNK, licensed to Carson City, Nevada; was granted a permit to operate at 10,000 watts unlimited time, with changing directional antenna patterns for both day and night.

Move to Fallon

KKNK never made to the air in Carson City. The construction permit for KHWG (not yet assigned call letters) later ended up in the hands of Kidd Communications, a company based in South Lake Tahoe, California, and headed by Chris Kidd, who at the time also owned KTHO in South Lake Tahoe. Kidd applied for the permit in May 2002. The construction permit was then transferred to another company owned by Chris Kidd, known as Eastern Sierra Broadcasting, and also located in South Lake Tahoe.

Litigation

The construction permit for KHWG was transferred again, this time from Chris Kidd to Pahrump, NV, TV station (KPVT & KHMP) owner, Keily Miller, in settlement of a lawsuit between them, in December 2002, over the intended sale of the construction permit and its sale price. Miller at the time owned another radio station in Quincy, California bearing the call letters of KHWG. Both parties settled out of court on October 31, 2002, with Miller paying Kidd a total of $35,000 for the construction permit.

Signage on KHWG studio building along Route 95 in Fallon.

KHWG today

KHWG was granted approval by the FCC to take its new callsign on October 1, 2003, later signing on at its current assigned power. The call letters of Miller's KHWG in Quincy were retired and replaced with KHGQ. KHWG's studio is located at 1050 West Williams Avenue (U.S. Route 95) in Fallon.

Miller then set up Media Enterprises, the company which controls KHWG today. She transferred the license from herself (as an individual) to the new company in August 2005. In January 2006, Media Enterprises applied to the FCC for a daytime power increase to 10,000 watts.

Dee Gregory is the current general manager of KHWG. He is also the on-air voice from 3 to 6pm.

References

External links

• Classic Country K-Hog Online
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KHWG
• Radio-Locator Information on KHWG
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KHWG