KSIT is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of 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....

. KSIT's sister stations are 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, KRKK

KRKK

KRKK is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming on 1360 kHz. KRKK broadcasts from two towers near its studios on Yellowstone Road in Rock Springs, Wyoming and is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting Company of Wyoming. KRKK's primary format is talk but local news and...

 AM 1360, and KMRZ.

History

The station signed on as KSIT in 1978. In 1997, the station changed call signs to KMKX. In 1999, the station returned to KSIT. Prior to 1999, the station was not a sister station but rather a competitor to KQSW/KRKK. Big Thicket Broadcasting acquired the three stations and KSIT was no longer a competitor but rather a sister station.

As of 2009, Johnny K. was the Morning Show host and played song requests along with his own personal favorites. When Johnny K was unavailable, Ellie Woman would take his place on the Morning Show. Johnny King's relationship with Big Thicket Broadcasting ended in mid 2009.

Frequency change

In 2005, KSIT moved its frequency from 104.5 to its current 99.7 MHz to clear the path for the Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 radio station KYLZ to move to 104.7 MHz and change its city of license to Lyman, Wyoming

Lyman, Wyoming

Lyman is a town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,938 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lyman is located at ....

. The frequency change was funded by the owners of KYLZ. 3 Point Media, the owners of KYLZ sought bankruptcy protection in July 2007, prior to the new KYLZ facilities being licensed for operation.

Signal

KSIT covers almost all of Sweetwater County and also has fringe coverage in parts of northern Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 and southeastern Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

. The station's broadcast tower is located on top of Aspen Mountain

Aspen Mountain (Wyoming)

Aspen Mountain is a long mountain located approximately south of Rock Springs, Wyoming and south of Arrowhead Springs, in Sweetwater County. The mountain gets its name from patches of Quaking Aspen trees located on the north and southern faces of the mountain. Various older topographical maps...

, south of Rock Springs. KSIT's tower is 8648 feet (2,636 m) above sea level on top of Aspen Mountain.