KGNC (AM)

KGNC

Amarillo, Texas
Frequency	710 kHz
Branding	Newstalk 710 & 97.5 KGNC!
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Westwood One Texas Rangers Radio Network Dallas Cowboys Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Alpha Media LLC (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	KGNC-FM, KXGL, KVWE
History
First air date	1922 (102 years ago) (1922) (as WDAG and WQAC)
Call sign meaning	Globe-News Company
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	63159
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts
Translator(s)	97.5 K248DE (Amarillo)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	kgncnewsnow.com

KGNC (710 kHz) is an AM radio broadcast station in Amarillo, Texas, United States with a news/talk format. The station is owned by Alpha Media LLC. Studios for KGNC and its partners are located in southwest Amarillo near the former Western Plaza shopping center. KGNC's programming is also broadcast on 97.5 FM by translator K248DE in Amarillo.

KGNC's transmitter site is located north of Amarillo in an unincorporated section of Potter County, and northeast of Amarillo in Carson County. KGNC operates fulltime with 10,000 watts, using different daytime and nighttime directional antennas. The station has a relatively large coverage area, due to its fairly high power and the surrounding area's good ground conductivity. The signal provides at least secondary coverage of large portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico, including such cities as Lubbock and Abilene, Texas, Clovis and Roswell, New Mexico, and Garden City, Kansas. KGNC's signal has been received during the day in the suburbs of Dallas and Oklahoma City. At night, the station has a more restrictive directional antenna, that sends most of its signal north and south, and can sometimes be heard as far west as Tucson, Arizona. KGNC's transmitting frequency of 710 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WOR in New York City and KIRO in Seattle, share Class A status. Other stations, including KGNC, on this frequency must protect the nighttime skywave signals of the Class A stations, with reduced power and/or directional signals.

KGNC is one of the stations responsible for the activation of the Emergency Alert System in the Amarillo area.