KQLT

KQLT

City	Casper, Wyoming
Broadcast area	Casper, Wyoming
Branding	Kolt Country
Slogan	America's Best Country
Frequency	103.7 MHz
First air date	1983
Format	Country
ERP	97,000 watts
HAAT	567 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	47878
Owner	Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc.

KQLT is a commercial radio station located in Casper, Wyoming, broadcasting on 103.7 FM. KQLT airs a country music format branded as "Kolt Country". The music programming is syndicated by Dial Global Networks.

The station began with an easy listening format in the 1980s. Later in that decade, the station changed to an oldies music format, and then in the 1990s changed again to its present country music format.

All Mt. Rushmore Casper stations are located at 218 N. Wolcott in downtown Casper. KQLT's sister stations are KMLD, KHOC, KVOC, and KASS.

Fines

KQLT, along with other Casper stations owned by Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting were fined $68,000 for using unlicensed Studio/transmitter links, which the company had been using for 16 years. The FCC fined the company $68,000 for "willfully and repeatedly" violating the law, giving the stations' owner 30 days to get licenses for its STLs for KHOC, and sister stations KMLD, KASS, and KHOC.^[1] In 2012, station owner Jan Charles Gray was named in a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Labor for improperly paying employees. Gray called the claims in the lawsuit "bogus".^[2] In 2013, Gray informed the Casper Star Tribune that the lawsuit and a $68,000 fine for unlicensed STLs were "a lot of baloney." Gray said if the FCC doesn't back down, he plans to "sue them on behalf of every radio owner in America that has been wronged by them".^[3]

References

↑ FCC slaps Casper radio station owner with $68,000 fine - Casper Star Tribune 7/28/2012
↑ Feds Sue Casper Radio Station Owner Over Employee Pay - Casper Star Tribune, 11-21-12.
↑ FCC slaps Casper radio station owner with $68,000 fine

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KQLT

Radio-Locator information on KQLT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KQLT

Radio stations in the Casper, Wyoming area

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.3 91.3 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.5 96.7 97.7 98.5 100.5 102.5 103.7 104.7 105.5 106.9 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	830 1030 1230 1400 1470 1580

By callsign	K209CS K297AV KASS KCSP-FM KCYA KMXW KGRK KHOC KKRR KKTL KKTS KKTY KLWC KMLD KQLT KRNK KRVK KTED KTRS-FM KTWO KUWC KUYO KVOC KWYX KWYY KZQL

Transmitter sites	Casper Mountain

Nearby radio markets Cheyenne Gillette Laramie Riverton/Lander South Central Wyoming See also List of radio stations in Wyoming

Country radio stations in the state of Wyoming

Stations	KASL – Newcastle KBBS – Buffalo KBDY – Hanna KCGY – Laramie KCWB – Byron KDNO – Thermopolis KDWY – Diamondville KERM – Torrington KFRZ – Green River KGOS – Torrington KGWY – Gillette KHAT – Laramie KITT – Wilson KJAX – Jackson KLED – Antelope Valley KLGT – Buffalo KOLT-FM – Cheyenne KOVE – Lander KPIN – Pinedale KPOW – Powell KQLT – Casper KQSW – Rock Springs KRAN – Warren AFB KRSV – Afton KSGT – Jackson KTAK – Riverton KWYW – Lost Cabin KWYY – Midwest KXBG – Cheyenne KYCN – Wheatland KYDT – Sundance KYTI – Sheridan KWYO – Sheridan KZMQ-FM – Greybull

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

Coordinates: 42°44′38″N 106°18′32″W / 42.744°N 106.309°W / 42.744; -106.309

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