KPLY (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States, the station serves the Reno area. The station is currently owned by Lotus Communications and features programming from Fox Sports Radio.[1] Its studios are located on Plumb Lane in South Reno, and its transmitter is located in Northeast Reno.
History
The station went on the air as KOH on 1928-09-13, and is the oldest radio station in Nevada. It was the last "new station" in the United States to receive a three-letter callsign.[2] KOH retained this call until 1994-03-10 (1994-03-18, by FCC records). In 1994, as part of a complex realignment of stations in the Reno area, the KOH intellectual unit moved to 780 AM under the calls KKOH, while 630 AM changed its calls to KRCV. On 1995-12-08, the station changed its call sign to KNRC, on 1996-02-19 to KHIT. On 1998-11-17 the station changed to KPTT, on 2005-03-16 to the current KPLY.[3]
KPLY is the Reno radio partner for the San Francisco 49ers.[4]
References
- ^ "KPLY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Archive of KKOH station history page
- ^ "KPLY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "San Francisco 49ers".
External links
- KPLY in the FCC AM station database
- KPLY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KPLY
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