KMIT (FM)

KMIT
City Mitchell, South Dakota
Broadcast area Mitchell, South Dakota
Branding Hot Country 105.9
Slogan The Information You Need, the Country You Love
Frequency 105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s) 95.5 K238BA (Mitchell, relays HD2)
103.5 K278BJ (Mitchell, relays HD3)
First air date 1975
Format FM/HD1: Country
HD2: Adult contemporary "More 95.5"
HD3: Oldies "Pure Oldies 103.5"
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 199 meters (653 feet)
Class C1
Facility ID 43239
Transmitter coordinates 43°44′16″N 98°14′39″W / 43.73778°N 98.24417°W / 43.73778; -98.24417
Callsign meaning K MITchell
Owner Saga Communications
(Saga Communications of South Dakota, LLC)
Sister stations KUQL
Webcast Listen Live
Website kmit.com
HD3: pureoldies1035.com

KMIT (105.9 FM, "Hot Country 105.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Mitchell, South Dakota. The station is owned by Saga Communications of South Dakota, LLC. It airs a Country music format.[1]

The station was assigned the KMIT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

Ownership

In April 2001, Saga Communications Inc. reached a deal to acquire KMIT and KGGK (now known as KUQL) from Mitchell Broadcasting Ltd. for a reported $4.05 million.[3]

Honors

In February 2005, KMIT sports director Tim Smith and John Papendick of the Aberdeen American News were named sportscaster and sportswriter of the year, respectively, in South Dakota.[4]

KMIT-HD2

KMIT airs an adult contemporary format on its HD2 subchannel, branded as "More 95.5" (simulcast on translator K238BA 95.5 FM Mitchell).

KMIT-HD3

KMIT aired a sports format with programming from ESPN Radio on its HD3 subchannel, branded as "ESPN 103.5" (simulcast on translator K278BJ 103.5 FM Mitchell. On August 20, 2018 KMIT-HD3/K278BJ changed their format from sports to oldies, branded as "Pure Oldies 103.5".[5]

Translators

In addition to the main station, KMIT's HD2 & HD3 subchannels is relay by an additional stations on translators.

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
W		FCC info
K238BA95.5Mitchell, South Dakota250FCC
K278BJ103.5Mitchell, South Dakota250FCC

References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2001-04-02.
  4. ↑ "Smith, Papendick Honored By NSSA". Yankton Press & Dakotan. 2005-02-05.
  5. ↑ Saga Brings Pure Oldies to Mitchell SD Radioinsight - August 21, 2018


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