KPLY

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KPLY

| logo = File:KPLY FoxSportsReno logo.jpg

| city = Reno, Nevada

| area = Reno metropolitan area

| branding = Fox Sports 630

| frequency = 630 kHz

| translator =

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1928|9|13}} (as KOH)

| format = Sports

| power = 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night

| class = B

| facility_id = 50304

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|39|34|25|N|119|50|48|W|region:US-NV|display=inline,title}}}}

| callsign_meaning = K PLaY

| former_callsigns = KOH (1928–1994)
KRCV (1994–1995)
KNRC (1995–1996)
KHIT (1996–1998)
KPTT (1998–2005)

| affiliations = Fox Sports Radio
Reno Aces
San Francisco 49ers

| owner = Lotus Communications

| licensee = Lotus Radio Corp.

| sister_stations = {{hlist|KDOT|KFOY|KHIT|KOZZ-FM|KTHX-FM|KXZZ}}

| webcast = {{listen live|https://sportsreno.com}}

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

| licensing_authority = FCC

}}

KPLY (630 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Reno, Nevada. It is owned by Lotus Communications and features a sports radio format.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KPLY |title=KPLY Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} Its studios are on Plumb Lane in South Reno.

By day, KPLY transmits 5,000 watts non-directional. To protect other stations on 630 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is off Hoge Road in Northeast Reno.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=KPLY&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/KPLY]

Programming

KPLY mostly carries programs from Fox Sports Radio, including The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd and The Doug Gottlieb Show.

KPLY is the radio home for the Reno Aces Pacific Coast League baseball team. It also carries San Francisco 49ers NFL broadcasts.

History

The station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1928|9|13}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1935/1935-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 42. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2024] Its original call sign was KOH, the oldest radio station in Nevada. It was the last "new station" in the United States to receive a three-letter call sign.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050721082207/http://www.kkoh.com/default.asp?area=kohhistory Archive of KKOH station history page] In the 1930s, KOH broadcast on 1380 kilocycles with 500 watts. It was owned by a company called "The Bee, Incorporated." The offices and studios were at 440 North Virginia Avenue. KOH was an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network. It carried CBS dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."

The station continued to use the callsign KOH until March 10, 1994 (March 18, 1994, according to FCC records). In 1994, as part of a complex realignment of stations in the Reno area, the KOH intellectual unit moved to 780 AM under the callsign KKOH, while 630 AM changed its call sign to KRCV. The 780 station couldn't use KOH's three-letter call sign because it wasn't KOH's original owner. So an extra K was added at the beginning but is only said during the hourly station identification.

On March 16, 2005, the station switched to the current KPLY.{{cite web|url= https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=50304&Callsign=KPLY50304|title=KPLY Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} The call letters stand for the word "play" as in playing sports.

References

External links

[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=43452 FCC History Cards for KPLY]

Category:Radio stations established in 1928

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Category:Lotus Communications stations