City Reno, Nevada Slogan Reno's Rock Station First air date 1966 (as KIIQ) | Branding Pure Rock 104.5 Frequency 104.5 MHz | |
Broadcast area Reno, Nevada,
Sparks, Nevada | ||
KDOT is a commercial radio station located in Reno, Nevada, broadcasting on 104.5 FM. KDOT airs an active rock music format.
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History
KDOT-FM began its Rock programming in early April 1996. Previously it had been a moderately successful country station will the call letters KHIT-FM. In the beginning KDOT played its rock music around the clock with no DJ's. In mid April 1996, the station signed on with its first incarnation of DJ's. The first day schedule was:
Steve Funk was the first Program Director of KDOT-FM while Rob Williams acted as the operations Manager for the all of the stations within the Lotus Reno building. Over the first year, some changes in the line-up occurred, the largest being Steve Funk moving to afternoons and Rob Williams taking over the morning drive shift (a slot he had previously done under "KHIT-FM"). Brooke left the station soon after and was replaced with Arnie States making this the early version of what would later become a very successful morning team, "The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show". Replacing Arnie States on the overnight shift was Martina Davis, who to this day is the longest continuous running DJ on the air at KDOT-FM.
Earlier use of KDOT call letters
The call letters KDOT were used from the 1960s through March 31, 1978 by an FM station licensed to Scottsdale, Arizona. For most of its history, KDOT aired a Beautiful music easy listening format. Its studios were located in the "beautiful Safari resort." From 1978 to 1986, this station, which broadcast at 100.7 FM, used the call letters KOPA. Since that time the station uses the call letters KSLX.
Controversy
On May 28, 2009, Hosts Rob Williams and Arnie States from the "The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show" drew media attention by advocating violence against LGBT children during their show, in reference to two recent news stories regarding transgender children. States said, "God forbid if my son put on a pair of high heels, I would probably hit him with one of my shoes". Williams and States took turns referring to gender dysphoric children as "idiots" and "freaks," who were just out "for attention" and had "a mental disorder that just needs to somehow be gotten out of them," either by verbal abuse on the part of the parents, or even shock therapy. In response, several advertisers (including Snapple, Sonic, Carl's Jr, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Verizon, Chipotle Grill, AT&T, and McDonald's) pulled their advertising from KRXQ. Nissan similarly declined to renew an advertising contract with the station. On June 8, 2009, GLAAD announced that the show would issue an apology during a special broadcast including a transgender person.
On 20 March 2014, KDOT debuted Cackle-Free Thursdays.