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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KNCT-FM
| logo             = KNCT-FM logo.jpg
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Killeen, Texas]]
| area             = Killeen - [[Temple, Texas|Temple]] - [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] - [[Austin, Texas]]
| branding         = ''Simply Beautiful 91.3''
| frequency        = 91.3 [[Hertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = {{Start date|1970|11|23}}<ref name="by1999">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-437|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf|accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref>
| translator       =
| format           = [[Easy listening]]
| power            =
| erp              = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|357|meters}}
| class            = C1
| facility_id      = 9977
| coordinates      = {{coord|30|59|12.00|N|97|37|47.00|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = North Central Texas
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations     = [[AP Radio]]
| owner            = [[Central Texas College]]
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  =
| webcast          = [http://streamdb6web.securenetsystems.net/v5/knct Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.knct.org knct.org]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KNCT-FM''' (91.3 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[public radio|public]] [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[radio station]], airing an [[easy listening]] [[radio format]]. [[city of license|Licensed]] to [[Killeen, Texas]], United States, the station is owned by [[Central Texas College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KNCT-FM |title=KNCT-FM Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> The studios and offices are located on the campus of Central Texas College in Killeen.  The [[transmitter]] is located on Eagle Nest Road in [[Harker Heights, Texas|Harker Heights]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=KNCT&nav= Radio-Locator.com/KNCT-FM]</ref>
KNCT-FM broadcasts in the [[HD Radio]] format.  Its HD-2 subchannel carries [[classical music]].  KNCT-FM is listener supported.  As a noncommercial station, KNCT-FM relies on contributions and holds periodic [[fundraiser]]s on the air seeking support.
KNCT-FM's 50,000 [[watt]] signal covers a large area of [[Central Texas]], including the Killeen-[[Temple, Texas|Temple]] and [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] [[media market|radio market]]s as well as part of the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] market.  It has a website which includes live streaming as well as on-demand capabilities.  The station is also available on [[iTunes]] and [[Google Play]], and can be streamed on most hand-held devices.
==Programming==
KNCT-FM plays [[easy listening]] music it describes as "[[beautiful music|Simply Beautiful]]".   The [[playlist]] is made up of instrumental [[cover version]]s of popular songs.  Several times each hour, [[soft adult contemporary]] and [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] vocals are heard.  From early December until December 25, the station switches to all-[[Christmas music]], but still primarily playing instrumental holiday songs and [[hymn]]s.  The station is largely [[automation|automated]] with live hosts heard some hours on weekdays.  Also on weekdays, [[AP Radio]] news begins most hours.
==History==
KNCT-FM first [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on November 23, 1970.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1972/B-2%20YB%201972%20All-12.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1972 page B-207]</ref>  When KNCT-FM first went on the air, it aired an educational format as part of Central Texas College's service to the community.  Over time, KNCT-FM became a [[beautiful music]] outlet in response to commercial easy listening stations switching to more contemporary, uptempo formats.
In June 2019, KNCT-FM named Michelle Flores the station's new general manager.  Flores is the first woman to lead the station in its nearly 50 years of being on the air and, at 32, Flores is among the youngest women ever to take on the role of general manager at a public radio station.
KNCT-FM had a co-owned TV station, [[KNCT (TV)|KNCT-TV]] Channel 46, which was a [[PBS]] [[Network affiliate|member station]].  The TV station signed on the same day as the radio station and served Central Texas for 47 years.  Financial pressures forced Central Texas College to take the station [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] in August 2018; it was subsequently sold to [[Gray Television]] to become Central Texas' [[The CW|CW]] affiliate.  KNCT-FM's operations were not affected by the TV station's shutdown and sale.
==See also==
* [[KNCT (TV)]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{FM station data|9754|KNCT}}
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{{Killeen-Temple Radio}}
{{Waco Radio}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Texas|NCT-FM]]
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[[Category:Easy listening radio stations]]
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