KOUT

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KOUT

| logo = KOUT-FM logo.png

| city = Rapid City, South Dakota

| area =

| branding = The Black Hills Favorite Country

| airdate =

| frequency = 98.7 MHz

| format = Country

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = 141 meters (463 feet)

| class = C1

| facility_id = 14642

| coordinates = {{coord|44|04|13|N|103|15|01|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| owner = HomeSlice Media Group, LLC

| licensee =

| sister_stations = KBHB, KFXS, KKLS, KKMK, KRCS

| webcast = [http://kout.tunegenie.com/#listenlive]

| website = http://www.katradio.com/

| affiliations =

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KOUT (98.7 FM, "Kat Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota. The station is owned by HomeSlice Media Group, LLC. It airs a country music format.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=2010-03-01 }}

The station was assigned the KOUT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 29, 1991.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=14642&Callsign=KOUT |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}

Notable on-air personalities include "The Roadhouse" with Amy, Brandon Jones, Dean Taylor, and the "2nd Shift" with Mark Houston, Dean Taylor, Leslie Lane, and Stitch. Syndicated show [http://thebigtimeonline.com/ The Big Time with Whitney Allen] on evenings.

Ownership

In May 1999, Triad Broadcasting reached a deal to acquire this station from brothers Jim and Tom Ingstad as part of a twelve-station deal valued at a reported $37.8 million.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |date=1999-05-24 |first=Alisa |last=Holmes |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1999/BC-1999-05-24.pdf|page=83 (89)}}

In July 2006, Schurz Communications reached an agreement to buy this station from Triad Broadcasting Co. as part of a six-station deal valued at a reported $19 million.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Deals |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6355395.html |date=2006-07-24}} Schurz Communications created the Black Hills broadcast division, New Rushmore Radio, now known as Rushmore Media Company, Inc.

Schurz Communications announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including KOUT, to Gray Television for $442.5 million.{{cite news|title=Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/schurz-communications-to-sell-wsbt-and-other-tv-radio-stations/article_e95251d6-5b1d-11e5-b80b-ef330f571e57.html|accessdate=September 14, 2015|work=South Bend Tribune|date=September 14, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Kuperberg|first1=Jonathan|title=Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/gray-acquiring-tv-radio-stations-schurz-4425-million/144190|accessdate=September 14, 2015|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=September 14, 2015}} Though Gray initially intended to keep Schurz' radio stations, on November 2, it announced that HomeSlice Media Group, LLC would acquire KOUT and the other Rushmore Media Company radio stations for $2.2 million; the deal reunites the stations with KBHB and KKLS, which HomeSlice acquired from Schurz in 2014 following its purchase of KOTA-TV.{{cite news|title=Gray Sells Radio Stations From Schurz Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/89665/gray-sells-radio-stations-from-schurz-deal|accessdate=November 2, 2015|work=TVNewsCheck|date=November 2, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Gray Television Divests Schurz Clusters To Three Buyers|url=https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/95090/gray-television-divests-schurz-clusters-in-lafayette-south-bend/|accessdate=November 2, 2015|work=RadioInsight|date=November 2, 2015}}{{cite news|title=HomeSlice Group purchases four Rapid City radio stations|url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/sturgis/homeslice-group-purchases-four-rapid-city-radio-stations/article_69c9cd7e-9b15-50bc-8ffe-b4cd58e236bf.html|accessdate=November 2, 2015|work=Meade County Times-Tribune|date=November 2, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = HomeSlice Media Group purchases four Rapid City radio stations|url = http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/homeslice-media-group-purchases-four-rapid-city-radio-stations/article_c0be239d-448c-5c75-ba12-b94d753d1e02.html|website = Rapid City Journal|accessdate = 2015-11-05}} The sale to HomeSlice Media was consummated on February 15, 2016 at a price of $2.5 million.

References

External links

[http://www.katradio.com/ KOUT official website]

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Category:Country radio stations in the United States

Category:Pennington County, South Dakota