KUYO explained

KUYO
City:Evansville, Wyoming
Area:Casper, Wyoming
Airdate:October 24, 1985
Frequency:830 kHz
Format:Christian radio
Power:25,000 watts day
9,200 watts critical hours
Class:D
Facility Id:11003
Owner:Wyoming Christian Broadcasting Company
Webcast:Listen Live
Website:kuyo.com
Licensing Authority:FCC

KUYO (830 AM) is a Classic Christian format radio station licensed to Evansville, Wyoming. The station can be heard in 14 Wyoming counties,[1] and as far away as southwestern Wyoming during the daytime.[2] The station signs off at night to protect WCCO in Minneapolis as well as other stations on 830 kHz. The tower for the station is located three miles east-northeast of Evansville, not far from KTWO.[3] Despite signing off at local sunset, the station continues to broadcast programming online. KUYO has been heard by DXers as far away as 4000miles in Finland. [4]

History

The station signed on October 24, 1985. [5] It was part of a network of stations started by Christian radio pioneer Harold Erickson. His company was known as Christian Enterprise Inc..[6]

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Erickson started stations such as KURL, in Billings, Montana, KGVW in Belgrade, Montana (since deleted), KGLE in Glendive, Montana, KALS in Kalispell, Montana, and KNDR in Mandan, North Dakota (among others).[7] [8]

Christian Enterprise Inc., would eventually become Enterprise Network, of which KUYO was a part, along with four other stations. [9]

The station was sold in 1999 to its current owner Wyoming Christian Broadcasting Company.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About KUYO. kuyo.com. May 2, 2024.
  2. Web site: Radio Data MW Stations Map. nf8.com. May 2, 2024.
  3. Web site: Casper, Wyoming RTLI Coverage. Ubstudios.com. May 2, 2024.
  4. Web site: KUYO 830 AM. K V. Soundcloud.com.
  5. Book: Broadcasting Cablecasting Yearbook. 1988. 346, 416. Broadcasting Publications .
  6. Web site: Local Christian radio station celebrates 50 years of broadcasting. Susan Olp. January 19, 2013. Billings Gazette.
  7. Web site: Harold Erickson Obituary. August 23, 2006. Billings Gazette. Legacy.com. May 2, 2024.
  8. Web site: Founder of Christian radio stations dies. August 25, 2006. Billings Gazette. Associated Press.
  9. Web site: Group Ownership. A44. The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990. 1990. Worldradiohistory.com. May 2, 2024.
  10. Web site: Transfers. United States Federal Communications Commission. November 8, 1999.