| KYAT | |
| City: | Gallup, New Mexico |
| Branding: | Ya'a'te'eh Diné |
| Format: | Country |
| Language: | Navajo |
| Owner: | Millennium Media |
| Licensee: | Millennium Media, Inc. |
| Sister Stations: | KXXI, KYVA, KYVA-FM |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Facility Id: | 35028 |
| Class: | C0 |
| Erp: | 100 kW |
| Translator: | K235BR (94.9 FM) Gallup East |
| Coordinates: | 35.6061°N -108.6912°W |
KYAT is a radio station on 94.5 FM in Gallup, New Mexico, United States. Owned and operated by Millennium Media, the station broadcasts a country music format in the Navajo language known as Ya'a'te'eh Diné (Navajo Country).
94.5 FM was launched as KGLP on October 19, 1974, airing a country format.[1] It was co-owned with KYVA (1230 AM),[2] which had previously mixed Top 40 and country tunes, much to the chagrin of its air staff; the new country outlet allowed the two formats to be split.[3] Both stations were sold to Road Runner Radio, Inc., owned by Russell Carpenter and George Malti,[4] for $500,000 in 1977, and the FM's call letters were changed to KOVO on October 24. The station flipped to adult contemporary in 1986 and adopted the call letters KKOR.[5]
In 2010, the call letters were changed to KYAT as the station began broadcasting full-time in the Navajo language, the first FM station to do so.[6] Some program features remained in English, including news bulletins three times a day from the Navajo Times newspaper. Coverage was extended to Navajo-language play-by-play of high school basketball games in January 2017.[7]
George Malti died in 2016 after owning KYVA and KYAT for 39 years.[8]