KMTY

KMTY
City of license	Gibbon, Nebraska
Broadcast area	Kearney, Nebraska
Branding	Big Country 97.7
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	1970
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	148.3 meters (487 ft)
Class	C1
Facility ID	27174
Transmitter coordinates	40°36′8″N 98°50′21″W / 40.60222°N 98.83917°W / 40.60222; -98.83917
Former callsigns	KUVR-FM (1980-1984) KKTY-FM (1983-1989) KUVR-FM (1989-1996)^[1]
Owner	Joseph Vavricek (Legacy Communications, LLC)
Sister stations	KUVR

KMTY (97.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Gibbon, Nebraska, USA. The station is owned by Joseph Vavricek, through licensee Legacy Communications, LLC.

KMTY broadcasts a country music format branded as "Big Country 97.7" to the greater Kearney, Nebraska, area.^[2] KMTY previously aired an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM" and before that a similar adult hits format as "Bob FM". In addition to its music programming, KMTY broadcasts Major League Baseball games as an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals radio network.^[3]^[4]

The station was assigned the KMTY call sign by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 1, 1996.^[1]

History

On September 30, 2011, KMTY was granted an FCC construction permit to change the city of license from Holdrege, Nebraska to Gibbon, Nebraska, move to a new transmitter site, increase ERP to 100,000 watts and decrease HAAT to 42 meters.

In May 2013, Armada Media and Legacy Broadcasting traded some stations in Nebraska, with two stations in Holdrege (KUVR/1380 and KMTY/97.7) going to Legacy and eight others in the Scottsbluff and North Platte markets [KZTL/93.5 (Paxton-North Platte) and KRNP/100.7 (Sutherland-North Platte) KOAQ/690 (Terrytown), KOLT/1320 (Scottsbluff), KMOR/93.3 (Gering), KETT/99.3 (Mitchell), KOZY-FM/101.3 (Bridgeport), KHYY/106.9 (Minatare)] going to Armada Media. The transaction was completed on October 11, 2013, for a purchase price of $800,000.

On June 17, 2013 KMTY changed their format from adult hits (branded as "Jack FM") to country, branded as "Big Country 97.7".

The move from Holdrege to Gibbon was licensed by the FCC on August 25, 2014.

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
↑ "Royals Radio Network". Kansas City Royals. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
↑ "Royals Radio Affiliate Profile: Holdrege, Nebraska [KMTY-FM]". Royals Review. November 17, 2008.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KMTY

Radio-Locator information on KMTY

Country radio stations in the state of Nebraska

Stations	KAAQ – Alliance KAMI – Cozad KBIE – Auburn KBLR – Blair KBRX – O'Neill KBRX-FM – O'Neill KBRY – Sargent KCNI – Broken Bow KCSR – Chadron KCTY – Wayne KFFF – Bennington KFGE – Milford KHYY – Minatare KIOD – McCook KMCX-FM – Ogallala KMTY – Gibbon KNCY – Nebraska City KNEB-FM – Scottsbluff KNLV-FM – Ord KQSK – Chadron KRFS-FM – Superior KRGI-FM – Grand Island KRNY – Kearney KRVN-FM – Lexington KSDZ – Gordon KSID – Sidney KSUX – Winnebago KTCH – Emerson KTIC-FM – West Point KTMX – York KUSO – Albion KUTT – Fairbury KXNP – North Platte KZEN – Central City KZKX – Seward KZMC – McCook

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Nebraska

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