KLTC explained

KLTC
City:Dickinson, North Dakota
Branding:Big Country To Boot 1460 KLTC
Airdate:July 4th 1978
Frequency:1460 kHz
Format:Classic country
Power:5,000 watts day
770 watts night
Class:B
Facility Id:71870
Callsign Meaning:Keep Lovin' Thy Country
Owner:iHeartMedia, Inc.
Licensee:iHM Licenses, LLC
Sister Stations:KCAD, KZRX
Webcast:Listen Live
Website:1460kltc.iheart.com
Affiliations:NBC News Radio
Minnesota Twins Radio Network
Minnesota Vikings Radio Network
NDSU Football
Licensing Authority:FCC

KLTC (1460 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Information/classic country format serving Western and Southwestern North Dakota, Southeastern Montana and Northwestern South Dakota and Northeast Wyoming from Dickinson, North Dakota. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.

KLTC is an NBC News Radio affiliate and airs news at the top of the hour 24 hours a day. KLTC airs the Dakota News Network for North Dakota News and The PJ sports show weekday mornings at 7:40. KLTC is also a Minnesota Twins Baseball affiliate and a Minnesota Vikings Football affiliate. KLTC also airs North Dakota State Boson football.

History

KLTC began broadcasting on July 4, 1978 at 12 Noon, at that time there was only one radio station broadcasting 18 hours a day with a Top 40/AC format in Dickinson ND and signed off at midnight. The nearest receivable radio stations in the daytime were Baker, Montana, Bismarck, North Dakota, Lemmon, South Dakota, and Williston, North Dakota at night reception of these radio station were limited at best. Roughrider Broadcasting Company decided that Dickinson and Southwestern North Dakota needed a radio station that broadcast 24 hours a day hence KLTC was born. KLTC Radio was the First 5,000 Watt station west of the Missouri River in North Dakota. KLTC has been formatted with country music ever since, except for a brief period in 2004 when KLTC was formatted oldies. KLTC was originally owned by Roughrider Broadcasting until 1998, when Roberts Radio bought the properties and in 2001 Clear Channel Communications acquired KLTC along with sister stations KCAD and KZRX . KLTC stands for Keep Lovin' Thy Country. KLTC Radio is proud to have Paul Quinn who is a radio legend in Southwest North Dakota and has been broadcasting on KLTC since March 1979. Paul had worked every shift on KLTC starting with overnights and is now the morning host. Big Country To Boot was the Original slogan when KLTC Signed on and now in its 36th year The Boot is Back...the slogan has returned to what it was back in 1978.

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