KIKT
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| City of license | Cooper, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Paris and Vicinity |
| Branding | 93.5 KIK-FM |
| Slogan | "Rhythm of Texas" |
| Frequency | 93.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1984-04-02 (as KGVL-FM) |
| Format | Country music |
| ERP | 12,500 watts |
| HAAT | 124.0 meters |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 21597 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 33°13′16.00″N 95°41′20.00″W / 33.2211111°N 95.6888889°W |
| Callsign meaning | KIcK of Texas |
| Former callsigns | KGVL-FM (1984-?) |
| Affiliations | Today's Best Country (Citadel) |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (sale to KGVL Radio, LLC pending) (Susquehanna Radio Corp.) |
| Sister stations | KGVL |
| Website | kikt.net |
KIKT (93.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format.Licensed to Cooper, Texas, USA, the station serves the Paris area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media and features programing from Citadel Media .[1]
[edit] History
The station went on the air as KGVL-FM on 1984-04-02. On 1984-09-04, the station changed it's call sign to the current KIKT.[2]
Has aired different formats, including top 40 in the past. DJs who moved on to major market airwaves include Trey Elliot (KRSR Dallas) and Mike Sheppard (KRSR, KVIL, KZPS Dallas).
With the Recent Change of Logo and Motto. "Hunt County's Best Country" KIKT-FM Now Known as KIK-FM plays a varity of Country favorites.
KIK-FM has carried on the tradition of broadcasting local events such as the Annual Rally Around Greenville, Greenville's Business Expo, Greenville Lions Friday Night Lights Tailgate Parties.
Cumulus Media has announced on Friday June 19, 2009 that it will sell its Greenville cluster (including KIKT) to Alpha Horne, a local resident forming the company KGVL Radio LLC. Horne will pay the first $150,000 to Cumulus, who in Atlanta will hold the “seller paper” note for the remaining balance of $450,000.
[edit] References
- ^ "KIKT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KIKT.
- ^ "KIKT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=21597&Callsign=KIKT.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KIKT
- Radio Locator information on KIKT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KIKT
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