Media in Colby, Kansas

Colby, Kansas is a center of media in northwestern Kansas. The following is a list of media outlets based in the city.

Print

Newspapers

• Colby Free Press, four days a week^[1]
• Trojan Express, Colby Community College student newspaper, bi-weekly^[2]

Radio

The following radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from Colby:

AM

One AM radio station broadcasts from Colby: KXXX, which broadcasts on 790 AM, playing a Classic Country format.^[3]

FM

Frequency	Callsign[4]	Format[5]	City of License	Notes
88.1	KZCK	Public	Colby, Kansas	NPR; Translator of KANZ, Garden City, Kansas[6]
91.9	KTCC	Modern Rock[7]	Colby, Kansas	CCC college radio[7]
97.9	KWGB	Country	Colby, Kansas	Broadcasts from Goodland, Kansas[8]
100.3	KRDQ	Hot Adult Contemporary	Colby, Kansas	-

 

Television

Colby is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market.^[9] The following television stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from Colby:

Display Channel	Network	Callsign[10]	City of License	Notes
4.1	ABC	KLBY	Colby, Kansas	Satellite of KAKE, Wichita, Kansas[11]
4.2	Me-TV
19.1	PBS (SD)	KWKS	Colby, Kansas	Satellite of KOOD, Bunker Hill, Kansas[12]
19.2	PBS (HD)
19.3	Create
19.4	World

 

References

1. "Record Details - Colby Free Press". Kansas Press Association. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
2. "Record Details - Trojan Express". Kansas Press Association. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
3. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles - KXXX". Arbitron. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
4. Frequency and callsign information from "FMQ FM Radio Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
5. "Radio Stations in Colby, Kansas". Radio-Locator. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
6. "HPPR FM stations and coverage". High Plains Public Radio. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
7. "T-92 Colby Community College Radio Station". Colby Community College. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
8. "KWGB-FM 97.9 MHz". Radio-Locator. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
9. "TV Market Maps". EchoStar Knowledge Base. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
10. Channel and callsign information from "TVQ TV Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
11. "Contact Us". KAKE. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
12. "History". Smoky Hills Public Television. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-05-27.