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KKTY-FM

radio station in Glendo, Wyoming

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6332153
Source-derived summary

KKTY-FM (100.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Glendo, Wyoming, United States, the station is locally owned and operated by Douglas Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio and Westwood One. In addition to country music and national and international news from CBS, KKTY-FM features news and sports from the Cowboy State News Network, weather from Don Day's DayWeather, and local news updates hourly. Ag news comes from the Northern Ag Network, and Bob Kingsley counts down the Country Top 40 Sunday afternoons at 1pm.

History

The 100.1 MHz license signed on the air on August 21, 1998, under the original call sign KUUY.

The KKTY-FM call sign was previously held by the 99.3 MHz license in Douglas, which is now KKTS-FM.

Fictional counterpart station

KKTY was also the call letters Bayside High School's radio station on the comedy series Saved by the Bell episode "Save the Max." That station had frequency 98.6 FM with the slogan Tiger Beat. In the episode, characters discover old equipment in a studio and restart the station. They use the airwaves to promote their favorite restaurant to prevent its closure.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “KKTY-FM” as radio station in Glendo, Wyoming. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KKTY-FM, radio and station.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with KKTY-FM, radio and station providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “KKTY-FM”, the useful work is to connect “radio station in Glendo, Wyoming” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6332153. Authority coordinates are 42.770, -105.223. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KKTY-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KKTY-FM primary sources, KKTY-FM archive and KKTY-FM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from KKTY-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.