Broadcast area | Billings Metropolitan Area |
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Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
Branding | NewsTalk 95.5 |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1975 |
Former call signs | KRWS (1975–1978) KHDN-FM (1978–1984) KATM (1984[1]–1986) KBSR-FM (1986[2]–1989) KKUL-FM (1989[3]–1992) KGHL-FM (1992–1993) KDWG (1993–1994) KBMJ (1994–1996) KMHK (1996–2010) |
Call sign meaning | CHHannel (former name) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 1315 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°44′29″N 108°8′19″W / 45.74139°N 108.13861°WCoordinates: 45°44′29″N 108°8′19″W / 45.74139°N 108.13861°W |
Repeater(s) | 95.1 K236AB (Billings) |
Links | |
Website | newstalk955.com |
KCHH (95.5 FM, "NewsTalk 95.5") is a radio station licensed to Worden, Montana, and serving the Billings, Montana metropolitan area. The station airs a news/talk format, simulcasting KBUL 970 AM. KCHH is owned by Townsquare Media. KCHH also offers a translator at 95.1 (MHz) K236AB broadcasting off the Crown Plaza in Downtown Billings.[4]
In October 2007, a deal was reached for KMHK to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.[5] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[6]
On April 15, 2011 KCHH changed their format from adult hits (as "Channel 95" to news/talk (simulcasting KBUL 970 AM), branded as "News Radio 95".