KRKK

KRKK

City of license	Rock Springs, Wyoming
Broadcast area	Southwestern Wyoming
Branding	Sports 1360
Frequency	1360 kHz
First air date	1942 (as KVRS at 1400)
Format	Sports
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	5301
Transmitter coordinates	41°37′12″N 109°14′20″W / 41.62000°N 109.23889°W / 41.62000; -109.23889
Former frequencies	1400 kHz (1942-1974)
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Owner	Big Thicket Broadcasting Company of Wyoming, Inc.
Sister stations	KMRZ, KQSW, KSIT
Website	1360krkk.com

KRKK is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming on 1360 kHz. KRKK broadcasts from two towers near its studios on Yellowstone Road in Rock Springs, Wyoming and is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting Company of Wyoming. It was originally an oldies station, however the station shifted to talk in 2009. Local news and other information could be heard throughout the day. On December 15, 2014, KRKK switched to a sports format with programming from ESPN Radio.

History

Prior to 1974, KRKK was known as KVRS and was operating on 1400 kHz. That station signed on in 1942.^[1]^[2] The station became KRKK at 5:30 AM on September 1, 1974. During its beginnings, the station carried top 40 programming, but switched to oldies some time in the 1980s. Until early May 2009, the station aired an oldies format from Cumulus Media. The switch to talk occurred the first week of the month and the station became a conservative talk station. On December 14, 2014, the station flipped formats to ESPN Radio, becoming 1360 ESPN.

Signal

At 5,000 watts during the day, KRKK drops to 1,000 watts at night with a directional signal to protect other stations on 1360 kHz. Reception of the station begins to fade near the Sweetwater County line to the east and west, however under the right conditions KRKK can be heard much farther distances.^[3] KRKK has three sister stations KSIT 99.7, KQSW 96.5 and KMRZ 106.7 FM.

Station problems

KRKK has suffered several audo chain problems as early as 1999. Between 2000 and 2002 only the right channel of audio was present on the signal causing most songs aired to sound very different.^[4]

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KRKK

Radio-Locator Information on KRKK

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KRKK

Radio stations in the Rock Springs, Wyoming area

By AM frequency	940 1360 1490

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 89.5 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.1 94.3 95.1 96.5 97.9 98.7 99.7 101.9 104.9 105.3 105.9 106.7 107.7

By callsign	K205FE K215FF K232CU K289FG K290BJ K299AG KDWY KFRZ KMER KMRZ-FM KQSW KRKK KSIT KTME KUGR KUWZ KWWM KWXR KXJW KYCS KZUW KZWB

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.525 162.550

Transmitter sites	Aspen Mountain White Mountain Wilkins Peak

Nearby radio markets Casper Riverton/Lander Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo South Central Wyoming Southwestern Wyoming See also List of radio stations in Wyoming

ESPN Radio stations in the state of Wyoming

Full-time affiliate	Casper KKTL Lost Cabin KWYW Rock Springs KRKK

Part-time affiliates	Casper KASS Cheyenne KFBC Laramie KOWB Riverton KVOW

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wyoming See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

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