KGNC

KGNC is a radio broadcast service in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It operates KGNC (710 AM) and KGNC-FM (97.9 FM). Both stations are owned by the Alpha Media LLC. Studios for both AM and FM partners are located in southwest Amarillo near the former Western Plaza shopping center.
KGNC was formed when the Amarillo Globe-News Publishing Company purchased two radio stations, WDAG and KRGS. WDAG was the first radio station in Amarillo. On December 24, 1958, KGNC aired the first FM broadcast in the Amarillo region.
KGNC boasts a relatively large coverage area, due to its fairly high power (10,000-watt signal) and the surrounding area's high ground conductivity, based from its transmitter northeast of Amarillo in Carson County. KGNC provides at least secondary coverage of large portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico, including such cities as Lubbock and Abilene, Texas; Clovis and Roswell, New Mexico and Garden City, Kansas. Under the right conditions, KGNC's signal has been received during the day in the suburbs of Dallas and Oklahoma City. At night, KGNC can sometimes be heard as far west as Tucson, Arizona.
710 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WOR in New York, New York and KIRO in Seattle, Washington share Class A status. Other stations on this frequency must protect the nighttime skywave signals of the Class A stations, with reduced power and/or directional signals.
KGNC-FM airs a country music format while KGNC broadcasts news and provides syndicated talk show programs such as "The Rush Limbaugh Show" and "The Kim Komando Show". The transmitter for this station is in unincorporated Potter County north of Amarillo.
Both stations are responsible for the activation of the Emergency Alert System in the Amarillo area.
Programming.
Newstalk 710 broadcasts ABC News on the hour, every hour, along with local news and weather updates (except during sporting events).
Weekdays.
Local news updates are broadcast at 4 minutes past the hour. Market updates are broadcast at 30 past the hour from 9:30 AM–4:30 PM, and sports updates are broadcast every 30 minutes from 6:15 AM–9:45 AM. Weekday programs include "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory, "America in the Morning", "The Golden Spread Agribusiness Hour", "NewsDay Amarillo", "Kilmeade & Friends", "The Rush Limbaugh Show", "The Kim Komando Show", and "The Dave Ramsey Show", '
Saturday.
Local news updates are broadcast at 4 minutes past the hour until 5:04 PM. Regular programs include "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory, "The Golden Spread Agri-Business Hour", "NewsDay Amarillo", "Southwest Outdoors with Mel Phillips", "Smart Money Radio with Mark and Marcy McKay", "The Panhandle Greenhouse Garden Show", "Dale Buckner's Financial Clinic", "Let Me Speak To The Realtor with Greg Glenn", "Rush Limbaugh Week in Review", and "The Dave Ramsey Show".
Sunday.
Regular programs include "Coast to Coast AM" with Ian Punnett, "The Horse Show", "The Cowboy Corner", "The Kim Komando Show", "The Dave Ramsey Show", "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory, and select paid programming.
Sporting events.
Newstalk 710 will break away from regularly scheduled programming to broadcast the following sporting events:
Programming will resume as scheduled after the conclusion of the sporting event.
History.
KGNC arose from a 1935 merger of two stations, WDAG and KGRS, that shared the 1410 kHz broadcasting frequency in Amarillo. After Federal Communications Commission approval of the merger, KGNC operated with 2,500 W (daytime) and 1,000 W (night). It was owned and operated by the Amarillo Globe-News.
Airstaff.
Big D and Bubba/Mornings - 5am - 9am
Kaleb "Tex" Collins/Middays - 9am - 3pm
Scott Gaines/ Afternoons - 3pm - 7pm
Zac Grantham/ Evenings - 7pm -11pm
Lori Crofford - Weekends
Kelsey - Weekends