KUGR is an AM

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 radio station

Radio station

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 located in Green River, Wyoming

Green River, Wyoming

Green River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 11,808 at the 2000 census....

 operating on 1490 kHz AM. It carries a soft adult contemporary and talk format. The station is owned by Wagonwheel Communications Corporation. KUGR won the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters board "Station of the Year" award in 2006. The station celebrated its 30th year of broadcasting in June 2006. KUGR signed on in 1976.

This station part of "The Radio Network", which includes FM sister station

Sister station

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s KFRZ

KFRZ

KFRZ is a radio station broadcasting from Green River, Wyoming, serving southwestern Wyoming. Broadcasting a country music format, the station is part of The Radio Network, which includes sister stations KUGR, KYCS, and KZWB. KFRZ broadcasts satellite fed music from the Jones Radio Network...

 92.1 FM, KYCS

KYCS

KYCS is a Hot AC station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming.The station signed on in 1986, as the first sister station of KUGR, which had been broadcasting for ten years at the time...

 95.1 FM and KZWB 97.9 FM which came on air in 2005.

Current format

KUGR has a variety of programming daily. News can be heard throughout the day. KUGR's music was previously satellite fed until 2004 when the decision was made to play music from several CD players. KUGR's music is mostly soft AC, but includes top 40 songs as well. KUGR and its sister stations often do remote broadcasts at local businesses during sales.

Programs

• "The Al and Faith Morning Show," mornings hosted by Al and his wife Faith. (Weekdays)
• "Let's Talk," a periodical show hosted by Al Harris. (Weekdays)
• When Radio Was
  When Radio Was
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   and Imagination Theater
  Imagination Theater
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   (Sundays)
• Coast to Coast AM
  Coast to Coast AM
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   (Nights)
• The Jim Bohannon Show
  Jim Bohannon
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   (Weeknights)
• Colorado Rockies
  Colorado Rockies
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   Baseball (Saturday games during the season)
• Wyoming Cowboys
  Wyoming Cowboys
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   football (during the season)
• Local high school sports (boys football and basketball during their seasons)
• News and various other programs from the Cowboy State News Network(weekdays)

Coverage and signal strength

KUGR broadcasts a one thousand watt signal day and night. The signal covers much of Sweetwater County and has been heard even farther distances. The frequency KUGR operates on (1490 kHz) is classified as a local type station by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC), which means outside of Sweetwater County during the evening, KUGR will be competing with many other stations on the same frequency. KUGR is well known throughout the county and is a popular station thanks to its programming and variety.

Translator

KUGR, like its sister station KZWB, operates a low power translator station, also broadcasting from Wilkins Peak. This station is known as K285FG and operates on 104.9 FM. K285FG broadcasts 250 watt

Watt

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s. The translator station is currently simulcasting all of the AM programming on FM. A similar concept is being used by KSL-FM and KSL-AM in nearby Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

While not as powerful as its larger sister stations, such as KYCS and KFRZ, the signal of the translator is audible throughout most of Sweetwater County, and into parts of Uinta County to the east. The translator's coverage area mimics its parent station, as both achieve relatively the same distance, except during the evening hours when skywave

Skywave

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 radio propagation

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is present for KUGR.

Translator links

• Radio Locator-K285FG

External links

• KUGR studio tour