KGNC

KGNC-FM
City	Amarillo, Texas
Broadcast area	Amarillo, Texas
Frequency	97.9 MHz
Branding	Amarillo's Country 97.9
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	ABC News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Alpha Media LLC ; (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	KXGL KVWE
History
First air date	1992 (29 years ago)
Call sign meaning	K Globe News Company
Technical information
Facility ID	63161
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	398 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	kgncfm.com

KGNC
City	Amarillo, Texas
Frequency	710 kHz
Branding	Newstalk 710 & 97.5 KGNC!
Programming
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Ownership
Owner	Alpha Media LLC ; (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	KXGL, KVWE
History
First air date	1922 (99 years ago) (as WDAG)
Call sign meaning	K Globe News Company
Technical information
Facility ID	63159
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts
Translator(s)	97.5 K248DE (Amarillo)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	kgncnewsnow.com

KGNC is a radio broadcast service in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It operates KGNC (710 AM) and KGNC-FM (97.9 FM). Both stations are owned by the Alpha Media LLC. Studios for both AM and FM partners are located in southwest Amarillo near the former Western Plaza shopping center.

KGNC was formed when the Amarillo Globe-News Publishing Company purchased two radio stations, WDAG and KRGS. WDAG was the first radio station in Amarillo. On December 24, 1958, KGNC aired the first FM broadcast in the Amarillo region.

KGNC boasts a relatively large coverage area, due to its fairly high power (10,000-watt signal) and the surrounding area's high ground conductivity, based from its transmitter northeast of Amarillo in Carson County. KGNC provides at least secondary coverage of large portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico, including such cities as Lubbock and Abilene, Texas; Clovis and Roswell, New Mexico and Garden City, Kansas. Under the right conditions, KGNC's signal has been received during the day in the suburbs of Dallas and Oklahoma City. At night, KGNC can sometimes be heard as far west as Tucson, Arizona.

710 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WOR in New York, New York and KIRO in Seattle, Washington share Class A status. Other stations on this frequency must protect the nighttime skywave signals of the Class A stations, with reduced power and/or directional signals.

KGNC-FM airs a country music format while KGNC broadcasts news and provides syndicated talk show programs such as The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Kim Komando Show. The transmitter for this station is in unincorporated Potter County north of Amarillo.

Both stations are responsible for the activation of the Emergency Alert System in the Amarillo area.

Programming[]

Newstalk 710 broadcasts ABC News on the hour, every hour, along with local news and weather updates (except during sporting events).

Weekdays[]

The KGNC-AM control board

Local news updates are broadcast at 4 minutes past the hour. Weekday programs include , , The Rush Limbaugh Show, , and The Dave Ramsey Show

Saturday[]

Local news updates are broadcast at 4 minutes past the hour until 5:04 PM. Regular programs include Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, The Golden Spread Agri-Business Hour, NewsDay Amarillo, Southwest Outdoors with Mel Phillips, Smart Money Radio with Mark and Marcy McKay, The Panhandle Greenhouse Garden Show, Dale Buckner's Financial Clinic, Let Me Speak To The Realtor with Greg Glenn, , and The Dave Ramsey Show.

Sunday[]

Regular programs include Coast to Coast AM with Ian Punnett, The Horse Show, The Cowboy Corner, The Kim Komando Show, The Dave Ramsey Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, and select paid programming.

Sporting events[]

Texas Rangers baseball
Dallas Cowboys Football games

Programming will resume as scheduled after the conclusion of the sporting event.

History[]

KGNC arose from a 1935 merger of two stations, WDAG and KGRS, that shared the 1410 kHz broadcasting frequency in Amarillo. After Federal Communications Commission approval of the merger, KGNC operated with 2,500 W (daytime) and 1,000 W (night). It was owned and operated by the Amarillo Globe-News.^[1]

Translator[]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	FCC info
K248DE	97.5 MHz	Amarillo, Texas	147975	250	157 m (515 ft)	D	FCC LMS

KGNC-FM[]

AIRSTAFF - KGNC FM[]

Big D and Bubba/Mornings - 5am - 9am

Kelsey K/ Middays - 9am - 3pm

Scott Gaines/ Afternoons - 3pm - 7pm

BDub /Evenings - 7pm -12am

Lori Crofford - Weekends

Zac Granthem - Weekends

Kaleb Collins - Weekends

References[]

^ "Newspaper Operates KGNC" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 1, 1935. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

"KGNC profile". Morris Communications. January 21, 2006.
Amarillo, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed January 21, 2006

External links[]

KGNC[]

KGNC website
KGNC in the FCC AM station database
KGNC on Radio-Locator
KGNC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

K248DE in the FCC FM station database
K248DE on Radio-Locator

KGNC-FM[]

KGNC-FM website
KGNC in the FCC FM station database
KGNC on Radio-Locator
KGNC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Coordinates: 35°25′11″N 101°33′24″W / 35.41972°N 101.55667°W / 35.41972; -101.55667

[1] "Newspaper Operates KGNC" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 1, 1935. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

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