KGVA

48.188333333333 -108.71Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 18 " N , 108 ° 42 ′ 36" W.

KGVA

KGVA 88.1 FM is a US radio station based in Montana and operated by Fort Belknap College. The transmitter with an output of 95 kW ERP is located in the Fort Belknap Agency settlement and serves the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The antenna is located on a 195 meter high mast and can therefore cover the entire reserve. The transmitter was built in 1996 to improve communications in the remote area and to broadcast National Public Radio broadcasts. The transmitter fulfills another important function as a warning service in the event of forest fires and storms. The station plays a program consisting of classic rock, native music, local news and information and programs from National Public Radio. According to its own information, the station reaches 25,000 listeners. The motto of the station is "The Voice of the Nakoda and White Clay Nations".

KGVA is the official callsign , spoken letter by letter, issued by the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The significance of the call sign G ROS V entre and A ssinibione tribes.

Web links

Official website (English)
FCC database entry (English)

Individual evidence

↑ It will serve four purposes: (1) To bring National Public Radio to this large unserved area; (2) To provide a key emergency alerting system to service this windy region beset by climate extremes; (3) Promote the educational mission of Fort Belknap College; and (4) To increase the social and economic well being by facilitating interaction between Indian and non-Indian communities. KGVA broadcasts on a 90-kilowatt transmitter serving over 25,000 people in a coverage area of 9,491 square miles.
↑ In North America and individual states in South and Central America, radio and television stations are designated by their call sign. In most European countries, the call signs that were originally mentioned on the radio stations disappeared early; in Germany they were never used. In the USA, the mandatory use of call signs goes back to the radio history of the country and from 1930 with the licensing by the Federal Communication Commission at the beginning of the 20th century, the then International Telegraph Union (ITU) arranged the country codes "W" in several steps , "K", "N" and "AA" - "AL" to the United States. While "A" and "N" are used for military and amateur radio services, US broadcasters receive callsigns starting with "K" or "W" when licensed by the FCC. Broadcasters located west of the Mississippi receive callsigns beginning with the letter "K"; Station east of the Mississippi with "W". This regulation was introduced in January 1923 and is still in force today.

[1] It will serve four purposes: (1) To bring National Public Radio to this large unserved area; (2) To provide a key emergency alerting system to service this windy region beset by climate extremes; (3) Promote the educational mission of Fort Belknap College; and (4) To increase the social and economic well being by facilitating interaction between Indian and non-Indian communities. KGVA broadcasts on a 90-kilowatt transmitter serving over 25,000 people in a coverage area of 9,491 square miles.

[2] In North America and individual states in South and Central America, radio and television stations are designated by their call sign. In most European countries, the call signs that were originally mentioned on the radio stations disappeared early; in Germany they were never used. In the USA, the mandatory use of call signs goes back to the radio history of the country and from 1930 with the licensing by the Federal Communication Commission at the beginning of the 20th century, the then International Telegraph Union (ITU) arranged the country codes "W" in several steps , "K", "N" and "AA" - "AL" to the United States. While "A" and "N" are used for military and amateur radio services, US broadcasters receive callsigns starting with "K" or "W" when licensed by the FCC. Broadcasters located west of the Mississippi receive callsigns beginning with the letter "K"; Station east of the Mississippi with "W". This regulation was introduced in January 1923 and is still in force today.