KYDT
Radio station in Pine Haven, Wyoming, United States
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KYDT (103.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Pine Haven, Wyoming, United States, it serves the Sundance, Wyoming and Belle Fourche, South Dakota region of the Black Hills. It is currently owned by Andrea Wood, Matthew Wood, Ogden Driskill, and Tyler Lindholm, through licensee Tri State Communications, LLC, and features programming from ESPN Radio, Jones Radio Network and Westwood One.[2] The station broadcasts in mono instead of traditional FM stereo.
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| Broadcast area | Sundance, WY/Belle Fourche, SD |
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| Frequency | 103.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio Jones Radio Network Westwood One Denver Nuggets Motor Racing Network |
| Ownership | |
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| KBFS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1997 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 78241 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 503 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°28′35″N 104°26′54″W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen |
| Website | kydt.com |
History
KYDT first signed on the air in 1997. [3] It was established as a high-power FM sister station to KBFS (1450 AM), designed to provide coverage to the rugged tri-state region of South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.[4]
Ownership Transitions
The station spent its early decades under the leadership of Karl Grimmelmann through his company Ultimate Caps, Inc.[5] In February 2021, a sale was announced to Tri State Communications, LLC, a group consisting of Wyoming-based principals Andrea Wood, Matthew Wood, and state legislators Ogden Driskill and Tyler Lindholm.[6] The acquisition was finalized in March 2022, officially moving the station’s operational headquarters to studios in Moorcroft, Wyoming.[7]
