KNGT

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KNGT

| logo = File:KNGT Gator99.5 logo.png

| city = Lake Charles, Louisiana

| area = Southwest Louisiana
Southeast Texas

| branding = Gator 99.5

| frequency = 99.5 MHz

| airdate = November 8, 1965 (as KPLC-FM)

| format = Country

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|357|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C0

| facility_id = 53643

| coordinates =

| callsign_meaning = "Gator" (branding)

| former_callsigns = KPLC-FM (1965–1982)
KHEZ (1982–1983)
KHEZ-FM (1983–1985)
KHLA (1985–2002)
KBXG (2002–2005)[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=53643&Callsign=KNGT Call Sign History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119131720/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=53643&Callsign=KNGT |date=2015-11-19 }}, fcc.gov. Accessed November 18, 2015

| owner = Townsquare Media

| licensee = Townsquare License, LLC

| sister_stations = KHLA, KJMH, KLCL, KTSR

| webcast = [https://gator995.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://gator995.com gator995.com]

| affiliations = Compass Media Networks
New Orleans Saints Radio Network

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KNGT (99.5 FM, "Gator 99.5") is an American radio station licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, broadcasting a country music format. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KNGT |title=KNGT Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=2008-10-03 |archive-date=2001-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010718120704/http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KNGT |url-status=live }} The station is home to Mike Soileau and Scotty Schadler in the Morning, Middays with Jess, and Chaston in the Afternoon. KNGT is one of three country stations in Lake Charles. The station broadcasts from the KVHP TV tower 5 miles northwest of Edgerly, and its studios are located northwest of downtown Lake Charles.

The station adopted the country format in 2002 as K-BIG 99 with call letters KBXG. In 2005 the station switched to gator 99.5 with call letters KNGT. From 1985 to 2002 the station had an adult contemporary format as LA 99 with call letters KHLA.

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