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For airport in Hutchinson, Kansas assigned the ICAO code KHUT, see Hutchinson Municipal Airport (Kansas).

KHUT

Hutchinson, Kansas United States
Broadcast area	Wichita metropolitan area
Frequency	102.9 MHz
Branding	Country 102.9
Programming
Format	Country music
Ownership
Owner	Eagle Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	KHMY KWBW
History
First air date	March 16, 1972 (1972-03-16)
Former call signs	KWBW-FM (1972–1977)
Call sign meaning	Hutchinson
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18068
Class	C1
ERP	98,000 watts
HAAT	131 meters (430 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°2′39″N 98°0′56″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	country1029.com

KHUT (102.9 FM, "Country 102.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Hutchinson, Kansas, United States, and serves the Wichita metropolitan area. Owned by Eagle Communications, Inc., it broadcasts a country music format.

KHUT has been broadcasting since 1972, with a transmitter sited on Whiteside Road at West Clark Road in Hutchinson.

History

KHUT's predecessor, KWBW-FM was the first commercial FM station in central Kansas. A sister station to KWBW, KWBW-FM began broadcasting June 15, 1947 at 95.7 MHz. The stations were owned by William Wyse.

A new KWBW-FM at 102.9 MHz went on the air in 1972, and played country music until 1978. After a short-lived switch to a beautiful music format, the station changed call letters to KHUT and returned to country music in 1979. Owned originally by Nation's Center Broadcasting, the founding company of KWBW, KHUT was purchased by Beach-Schmidt Communications in 1989. Beach-Schmidt is now employee owned Eagle Communications headquartered in Hays, Kansas.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 18068 (KHUT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KHUT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database