KPLY (630 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Reno, Nevada. It is owned by Lotus Communications and features a sports radio format.[2] Its studios are on Plumb Lane in South Reno.
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| Broadcast area | Reno metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 630 kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 630 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Reno Aces San Francisco 49ers |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | September 13, 1928 (as KOH) |
Former call signs | KOH (1928–1994) KRCV (1994–1995) KNRC (1995–1996) KHIT (1996–1998) KPTT (1998–2005) |
Call sign meaning | K PLaY |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 50304 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°34′25″N 119°50′48″W / 39.57361°N 119.84667°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | sportsreno.com |
By day, KPLY is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. But to protect other stations on 630 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is off Hoge Road in Northeast Reno.[3]
Programming
editKPLY mostly carries programs from Fox Sports Radio, including The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd and The Doug Gottlieb Show.
KPLY is the radio home for the Reno Aces Pacific Coast League baseball team. It also carries San Francisco 49ers NFL broadcasts.
History
editThe station signed on the air on September 13, 1928.[4] Its original call sign was KOH, the oldest radio station in Nevada. It was the last "new station" in the United States to receive a three-letter call sign.[5] In the 1930s, KOH was powered at 500 watts and it broadcast on 1380 kilocycles. It was owned by a company called "The Bee, Incorporated." The offices and studios were at 440 North Virginia Avenue. KOH was an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network. It carried CBS dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."
The station continued to use the KOH call letters until March 10, 1994 (March 18, 1994, according to 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 call letters KKOH, while 630 AM changed its call sign to KRCV. The 780 station couldn't use KOH's three-letter call sign because it wasn't KOH's original owner. So an extra K was added at the beginning but is only said during the hourly station identification.
On March 16, 2005, the station switched to the current KPLY.[6] The call letters stand for the word "play" as in playing sports.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPLY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KPLY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KPLY
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 42. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2024
- ^ Archive of KKOH station history page
- ^ "KPLY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 50304 (KPLY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KPLY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KPLY
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