This transmitter tower for stands tall behind Wal-Mart in Sandpoint ID. Radio stations KSPT-AM and KRFY-FM, plus KSPT-AM's low-power FM repeater broadcast from this tower site.
KSPT-AM uses the monopole antenna as its transmitter, while the FM station and the FM translators have 3-bay crossed dipole broadcast arrays attached to but insulated from the monopole tower.
First, KPST-AM 1600, from Radio-locator.com: (
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KSPT-AM 1400 kHz
Sandpoint, Idaho
"News Talk Sports 1400"
Station Format: News/Talk
Website: none
Station Owner:
Blue Sky Broadcasting Inc.
Station Address:
327 Marion Avenue
Sandpoint, ID 83864
KSPT-AM Technical Details:
Station Status Licensed Class C AM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Hours of Operation Unlimited
Antenna Mode Non-Directional - 1 Pattern
Power 1000 Watts
Number of Towers 1
Transmitter Location 48° 18' 16" N, 116° 32' 36" W
License Expires October 01 2029
Last FCC Update October 05 2021
KSPT-AM also broadcasts its primary channel from this additional transmitter:
K287BT 105.3 FM Sandpoint, ID (250 watts)"
More on low-power repeater K287B7-FM 105.3: (
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K287BT-FM 105.3 MHz
Sandpoint, Idaho
"News Talk Sports 1400"
Parent Station Format: News/Talk
K287BT-FM Technical Details:
Station Status Licensed Class D FM Translator
Digital Status Analog only
Parent Station KSPT-AM
Effective Radiated Power 250 Watts
Height above Ground Level 57 meters (187 feet)
Height above Sea Level 702 meters (2303 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 48° 18' 16" N, 116° 32' 36" W
License Granted May 02 2016
License Expires October 01 2029
Last FCC Update October 05 2021"
And for the second radio station, KFRY-FM 88.5, also from Radio-Locator.com: (
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KRFY-FM 88.5 MHz
Ponderay, Idaho
"Sandpoint Community Radio"
Station Format: Variety
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Station Owner:
Panhandle Community Radio, Inc.
Station Status Licensed Class A Non-Commercial FM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Effective Radiated Power 1200 Watts
Height above Avg. Terrain -116 meters (-380 feet)
Height above Ground Level 50.3 meters (165 feet)
Height above Sea Level 695.6 meters (2282 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 48° 18' 16" N, 116° 32' 36" W
License Granted July 22 2011
License Expires October 01 2029
Last FCC Update October 05 2021"