KYTE

KYTE
City Independence, Oregon
Broadcast area Salem, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Mid-Willamette Valley
Eugene, Oregon
Central Oregon coast
Branding 102.7 KYTE FM
Slogan Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Frequency 102.7 MHz
First air date October 25, 1976 (as KNPT-FM at 102.5)
Format Hot adult contemporary
ERP 37,000 watts
HAAT 648 meters (2126 feet)
Class C0
Facility ID 9848
Transmitter coordinates 44°47′50″N 123°32′32″W / 44.79722°N 123.54222°W / 44.79722; -123.54222
Callsign meaning KYTE = "Kite" (The Y replaces I)
Former callsigns Newport:
KNPT-FM (1976–1984)
KBKN (1984–1985)
KNPT-FM (1985–1986)
KYQT (1986–1991)[1]
Former frequencies Newport:
102.5 MHz (1976–1988)
Owner Yaquina Bay Communications
Sister stations KBCH, KCRF-FM, KNCU, KNPT, KWDP
Website kytefm.com

KYTE (102.7 FM, "102.7 KYTE FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Independence, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by Yaquina Bay Communications.

Programming

KYTE broadcasts an Hot adult contemporary music format.[2]

History

This station began regular broadcasting as KNPT-FM in Newport, Oregon on October 25, 1976, on a frequency of 102.5 MHz and aired a beautiful music format.[3] In May 1979, Yaquina Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Charmar Broadcasting, Inc.[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 20, 1979.[4] The station was moved to 102.7 MHz on September 24, 1988.[1]

Facing financial difficulties, an application was made in September 1986 to involuntarily transfer the broadcast license for this station from Charmar Broadcasting, Inc., to Dennis P. McManus, acting as receiver. The transfer was approved by the FCC on October 16, 1986.[5] McManus arranged a sale of the station to Central Coast Broadcasting Company, Inc. The new owners had the call sign changed to KYQT on November 10, 1986.[1] The station was assigned the current KYTE call sign by the FCC on January 1, 1991.[1]

In October 1995, Central Coast Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 8, 1995.[6] Eventually, the station changed formats from Adult Contemporary to Hot AC.[7]

On September 5, 2017 KYTE changed their transmitter location (expanding its signal coverage to Salem, Portland, Eugene and the Mid-Willamette Valley) and changed its city of license from Newport, Oregon to Independence, Oregon. (info taken from staionintel.com)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. 1 2 "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-181.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-19790501EC)". FCC Media Bureau. July 20, 1979.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-19860916FO)". FCC Media Bureau. October 16, 1986.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-19951023EC)". FCC Media Bureau.
  7. ↑ http://www.kytefm.com/
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