KTHE (Wyoming)

KTHE
Broadcast areaHot Springs County
Frequency1240 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct (formerly adult standards/MOR)
AffiliationsCumulus Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Jerry and Steve Edwards
  • (Edwards Communications, LC)
KDNO, KWYW, KFCW, KVOW
History
First air date
August 17, 1955[1]
Last air date
September 2014 (2014-09)
Call sign meaning
Thermopolis[2]
Technical information
Facility ID33664
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
43°37′56″N 108°13′36″W / 43.63222°N 108.22667°W / 43.63222; -108.22667

KTHE was an AM radio station licensed to Thermopolis, Wyoming, and broadcasting at 1240 kHz. The station broadcast an adult standards format. It signed on in August 1955. The tower for KTHE was located near the mouth of Wind River Canyon. It was previously located just outside Hot Springs State Park next to its former studios. The studios were relocated to 420 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis. The station's license was surrendered for cancellation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 3, 2014, and the FCC cancelled the license on September 8, 2014, leaving no locally licensed AM stations in Thermopolis. Edwards Communications had originally planned to develop KTHE however those plans did not go through. Before it signed off, the station was part of the Wind River Radio Network.[3] The station was once an affiliate of the University of Wyoming Cowboys football and basketball teams.[4]

Former KTHE tower near Hot Springs State Park.
  1. ^ "License #33664". Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. ^ "Company buys local radio stations". Riverton Ranger. June 5, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  4. ^ "Cowboys Kick Off 2003 Season on Saturday vs. Montana State". GoWyo.com. August 28, 2003.