KKFT

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KKFT (99.1 MHz, "99.1 FM Talk") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Gardnerville–Minden, Nevada, and broadcasting to the Reno–Carson City radio market. KKFT airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by the Evans Broadcast Group.^[2]

KKFT

Gardnerville–Minden, Nevada
Broadcast area	Reno - Carson City - Sparks
Frequency	99.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	99.1 FM Talk
Programming
Format	Talk
Network	Fox News Radio
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	Evans Broadcasting
Sister stations	KRAT, KRFN
History
First air date	September 1, 1985; 40 years ago (1985-09-01) (as KGVM)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9136
Class	C2
ERP	1,800 watts
HAAT	611.7 meters (2,007 ft)
Repeater	99.1 KKFT-FM1 (Stateline)
Links
Public license information	KKFT Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	991fmtalk.com

Studios and offices are on Idaho Street in Carson City. The main transmitter is off Goni Road, also in Carson City.^[3] KKFT can also be heard on a 3,250-watt booster station, KKFT-FM1 in Stateline, Nevada.^[4]

Programming

On weekdays, KKFT mostly carries nationally syndicated conservative talk programs: Armstrong & Getty, The Lars Larson Show, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Guy Benson Show, The Larry Elder Show, Markley, Van Camp & Robbins and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.^[5] Weekends feature shows on health, money, home repair, technology and guns. Weekend programs include The Scott Jennings Show, The Larry Kudlow Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, At Home with Gary Sullivan, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham and Ark Midnight with John B. Wells. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

KKFT once aired a local weekday morning talk show hosted by conservative Monica Jaye. She was formerly at rival talk station 780 KKOH.

History

On September 1, 1985, the station first signed on as KGVM.^[6] The station had an effective radiated power (ERP) 3,000 watts from a tower that was minus 815 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT), so its coverage area was limited. The station was owned by Lloyd W. Higuera using the corporate name Carson Valley Radio and it had a soft adult contemporary format.

In 2003, the station was bought by Jerry Evans for $850,000.^[7] Evans increased the tower height to its current 2,007 feet (612 meters), giving the station good coverage in the cities of Reno, Sparks and Carson City. The station switched to its current talk format, to compete with the Reno radio market's 50,000-watt talk leader, KKOH, 780 AM, owned and operated by Cumulus Media.