KPLY | |
City: | Reno, Nevada |
Area: | Reno, Nevada |
Branding: | Fox Sports 630 |
Frequency: | 630 kHz |
Airdate: | 1928 (as KOH) |
Format: | Sports |
Power: | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Class: | B |
Facility Id: | 50304 |
Callsign Meaning: | K PLaY |
Former Callsigns: | KOH (1928–1994) KRCV (1994–1995) KNRC (1995–1996) KHIT (1996–1998) KPTT (1998–2005) |
Affiliations: | Fox Sports Radio Reno Aces San Francisco 49ers |
Owner: | Lotus Communications |
Licensee: | Lotus Radio Corp. |
Website: | sportsreno.com |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KPLY (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States, the station serves the Reno area. The station is currently owned by Lotus Communications and features programming from Fox Sports Radio.[1] Its studios are located on Plumb Lane in South Reno, and its transmitter is located in Northeast Reno.
The station went on the air as KOH on 1928-09-13, and is the oldest radio station in Nevada. It was the last "new station" in the United States to receive a three-letter callsign.[2] KOH retained this call until 1994-03-10 (1994-03-18, by 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 calls KKOH, while 630 AM changed its calls to KRCV. On 1995-12-08, the station changed its call sign to KNRC, on 1996-02-19 to KHIT. On 1998-11-17 the station changed to KPTT, on 2005-03-16 to the current KPLY.[3]
KPLY is the Reno radio partner for the San Francisco 49ers.[4]