KVHT

{{short description|Radio station in Vermillion, South Dakota}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KVHT

| logo = 106.3 KVHT.png

| city = Vermillion, South Dakota

| area = Yankton-Vermillion

| branding = Classic Hits 106.3

| frequency = 106.3 MHz

| airdate = November 16, 1967 (as KVRF at 102.3)

| format = Classic hits

| erp = 50,000 watts

| haat = 119 meters (390 feet)

| class = C2

| facility_id = 14708

| coordinates = {{coord|42|59|45|N|96|49|25|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KVRF (1967–1990)

| former_frequencies = 102.3 MHz (1967–1990)

| affiliations =

| owner = Five Star Communications

| licensee =

| sister_stations = KVTK

| webcast = [http://radio.securenetsystems.net/radio_player_large.cfm?stationCallSign=KVHT Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.kvht.com/ kvht.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KVHT (106.3 FM, "Classic Hits 106.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Vermillion, South Dakota. The station is owned by 5 Star Communications, Inc. It airs a classic hits 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 serves as the flagship station of the University of South Dakota football and men's and women's basketball teams. Women's basketball games that conflict with men's basketball games are broadcast on sister station KVTK.

The station was assigned the KVHT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 7, 1990.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=14708&Callsign=KVHT |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}

Programming

Until 1999, KVHT aired the syndicated oldies program "The Lost 45s" with Barry Scott.

Honors and awards

In May 2006, KVHT won one first place plaque in the commercial radio division of the South Dakota Associated Press Broadcasters Association news contest.{{cite news |work=Yankton Press & Dakotan |title=SDPB, Yankton Stations Lauded |date=2006-05-08 |url=http://www.yankton.net/stories/050806/news_20060508021.shtml }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The contest was for the 2005 calendar year.

In November 2006, the American Cancer Society recognized KVHT, Culhane Communications, and broadcaster Randy Hammer for "outstanding contributions in the fight against cancer." They were awarded the Media Mark of Excellence Award for radio in recognition of their "demonstrated commendable promotion of the American Cancer Society."{{cite news |work=Yankton Press & Dakotan |title=Yankton Radio Station Honored By ACS |date=2007-01-08 |url=http://www.yankton.net/stories/010807/business_3816010807.shtml}}

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