| KNPT | |
| Above: | Currently silent |
| City: | Newport, Oregon |
| Area: | Central Oregon Coast |
| Branding: | Newstalk 1310 |
| Frequency: | 1310 kHz |
| Format: | News–talk |
| Class: | B |
| Facility Id: | 9853 |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Coordinates: | 44.6278°N -123.9875°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | Newport |
| Affiliations: | ABC News Radio, Westwood One |
| Owner: | Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc. |
| Sister Stations: | KBCH, KCRF-FM, KNCU, KWDP, KYTE |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | knptam.com |
KNPT (1310 AM, "Newstalk 1310") is a radio station broadcasting a news–talk format. Licensed to Newport, Oregon, United States, the station is owned by Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc., and features programming from ABC News Radio and Westwood One.[1]
KNPT signed on June 28, 1948,[2] and was first licensed on February 2, 1949.[3] Thomas R. Becker's Yaquina Radio sold the station and KNPT-FM 102.5 to Charmar Broadcasting (led by Charles F. King, a former general sales manager for KPAM-AM-FM in Portland) for $1 million in 1979.[4] David Miller's Yaquina Bay Communications bought KNPT and KYTE (102.7; the former KNPT-FM) from Central Coast Broadcasting for $331,798.12 in 1995.[5]
KNPT, along with its sister stations (KNCU in Newport, KBCH and KCRF-FM in Lincoln City, and KWDP in Waldport), shut down on December 31, 2023.[6] The closure followed the August foreclosure of the stations' studios, which were sold to Oregon Coast Bank in a sheriff's sale on December 5.[6]