KRKK is a commercial AM

AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...

 radio station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming

Rock Springs, Wyoming

Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 18,708 at the 2000 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975....

 on 1360 kHz. KRKK broadcasts from two towers near its studios on Yellowstone Road in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Rock Springs, Wyoming

Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 18,708 at the 2000 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975....

 and is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting Company of Wyoming. KRKK's primary format is talk

Talk radio

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 but local news and other information can be heard throughout the day. Starting in early 2009, the station became the local affiliate of Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

Glenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...

, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Hannity and Colmes, The Sean Hannity Show

The Sean Hannity Show

The Sean Hannity Show is a talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity on Citadel Media and Premiere Radio Networks. The program is broadcast live every weekday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m...

, Jason Lewis

Jason Lewis (radio host)

Jason Lewis is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. His show is currently syndicated nationally on the Genesis Communications Network. His radio show was previously broadcast locally for 10 years on KSTP in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, until Lewis...

, Fox Sports

Fox Sports Radio

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 and more.

History

Prior to 1974, KRKK was known as KVRS and was operating on 1400 kHz. That station signed on in 1942. The station became KRKK at 5:30 AM on September 1, 1974. During its beginnings, the station carried top 40 programming, but switched to Oldies some time in the 1980s. Until early May 2009, the station aired an oldies format from Citadel Media. The switch to talk occurred the first week of the month and the station became a conservative talk

Conservative talk

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 station.

Signal

At 5,000 watts during the day, KRKK drops to 1,000 watts at night with a directional signal to protect other stations on 1360 kHz. Reception of the station begins to fade near the Sweetwater County line to the east and west, however under the right conditions KRKK can be heard much farther distances. KRKK has three sister stations KSIT

KSIT

KSIT is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Rock Springs, Wyoming. KSIT's sister stations are KQSW 96.5, KRKK AM 1360, and KMRZ.-History:...

 99.7, KQSW

KQSW

KQSW is a country music formatted radio station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming, serving southwestern Wyoming. The station is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting of Wyoming, who sometimes identifies themselves as WyoRadio, which includes local sister stations KSIT, KMRZ and KRKK.-Signal:Like...

 96.5 and KMRZ 106.7 FM

FM broadcasting

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Station problems

KRKK has suffered several audo chain problems as early as 1999. Between 2000 and 2002 only the right channel of audio was present on the signal causing most songs aired to sound very different.