KATQ (AM)

KATQ
City	Plentywood, Montana
Branding	KATQ, The Q
Frequency	1070 kHz
First air date	1987
Format	Classic Country
Power	5,000 watts (day) 50 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	54639
Transmitter coordinates	48°46′01″N 104°32′43″W / 48.76694°N 104.54528°W / 48.76694; -104.54528
Former callsigns	KHPN^[1]
Owner	Radio International KATQ Broadcast Association
Sister stations	KATQ-FM

KATQ (1070 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Plentywood, Montana. The station is owned by Radio International KATQ Broadcast Association. It airs a Country music format.^[2] Station studios are located at 112 Third Avenue East.

The station was put on the air as a 5000 watt AM daytimer in the mid-1970s with the call letters of KATQ selected to honor the Plentywood Wildcats, mascot of the local high school. A subsequent owner briefly changed the call letters in the 1980s, but they were returned to KATQ by the Federal Communications Commission on August 1, 1987.^[1]

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

KATQ transmitter and studio photos

Query the FCC's AM station database for KATQ

Radio-Locator Information on KATQ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KATQ

Country radio stations in the state of Montana

Stations	KAAR – Butte KATQ – Plentywood KBAS-LP – Basin KBCK – Deer Lodge KBLL-FM – Helena KBMI-FM – East Helena KBOW – Butte KBOZ-FM – Bozeman KCGM – Scobey KCTB-LP – Lonepine KCTR-FM – Billings KDBM – Dillon KDBR – Kalispell KDXT – Lolo KDZN – Glendive KERR – Polson KEWF- Billings KFLN – Baker KGGL – Missoula KGHL – Billings KHGC – Montana City KHNK – Columbia Falls KIKC – Forsyth KIKC-FM – Forsyth KIKF – Cascade KIMO – Townsend/Helena KLCB – Libby KLTZ – Glasgow KMON – Great Falls KMON-FM – Great Falls KOLK – Lakeside KPQX – Havre KQRK – Pablo/Kalispell KQRV – Deer Lodge KRKX – Billings KSCY – Four Corners KVCK – Wolf Point KVCK-FM – Wolf Point KVMO – Fort Benton KWMY – Joliet KXLB – Livingston KXLO – Lewistown KYSS-FM – Missoula KZIN-FM – Shelby

Defunct:	KCTJ-LP – Finley Point

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

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