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KPTO
KPTO has been temporarily silent in Pocatello pending relocation of transmitter site to Hailey, Idaho. KPTO (1440 AM) is a radio station licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States. The station has a construction permit (CP) to move to Hailey, Idaho. The station is currently owned by Scott Parker, through licensee Sun Valley Media Group, LLC
History.
The station's first callsign was KBET, issued on January 25, 2002
On December 18, 2008, radio industry website 100000watts.com reported
that KPTO had gone silent the preceding day, though no explanation was given for this.
On May 29, 2009, the Fifth District Court in Washington County, Utah appointed a receiver to take over KPTO for US Capital, Incorporated of Boulder, Colorado. The investment company foreclosed on Legecy Media, the owners of KPTO and several other stations. At this time the station remains silent. The receiver sold the station to Ted Austin's Main Street Broadcasting, LLC in a District Court approved sale which was conditioned upon the