99.5 FM, Fairbury
First Air Date: December. 1983
Operating Power: 26,300 watts
Original Call Letters: KGMT FM
Format: Today's Best Country
General Manager: Larry Riggins
Issued To: Great Plains Broadcasting
Through the Years
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1983
December, 1983- KGMT FM signs on at 99.3, 26,300 watts at 320 feet. Programming duplicates KGMT AM. FM Tower location- US 136 at Meridian Street, 6 miles northeast of Fairbury.
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1983
August, 1984- KGMT AM & FM are sold to Siebert Communications for $375,000. Rick Siebert is President and General Manager. KGMT FM changes call letters to KUTT FM.
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1988
KUTT separates programming from the simulcast of the AM to Country with News and Farm programs.
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1994
KUTT upgrades. Moves frequency to 99.5 FM, 100,000 watts at 692 feet. New tower is located south of Harbine about 156 miles east of Fairbury.
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1996
Format adjustment to Hot Country with Farm news.
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1997
KUTT adds ABC network.
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2008
Siebert Broadcasting purchases nearby KWBE 1450 AM (Beatrice) from NRG Media for $650,000.
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2015
Siebert sells to Flood Communications of Beatrice for $7 million. Sale includes KGMT AM, KUTT FM and KWBE 1450 AM.