Jackson Hole Radio

What Jackson Hole Radio does

Jackson Hole Radio is a privately held local radio broadcasting group serving Jackson, Wyoming and Teton County, operating since 1962 under the legal entity Jackson Hole Radio, LLC (formed 2018, FCC-licensed 2020). The company owns and operates four primary stations plus a Spanish-language outlet: KMTN FM (96.9 MHz, 55,000 watts ERP), KJAX FM (Country, launched 2000), KZJH FM (Classic Rock, launched 1989), KSGT AM (1340 kHz, the original 1962 station), and La Nueva (Spanish-language). Each station features a distinct format (Album Oriented Rock/Jazz/Blues/Classical, Country, Classic Rock, AM news/talk, and Spanish) and is accessible via dedicated live streaming URLs (KMTN.LIVE, KJAX.LIVE, KZ95.LIVE, LaNueva.LIVE) in addition to over-the-air broadcast.

The company's go-to-market is community-led and geographically focused on the Jackson Hole valley, Teton County, and visitors to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Revenue is generated primarily through local and regional advertising sales targeting Teton County SMBs and tourism-related businesses, with no publicly disclosed pricing or rates. The website jacksonholeradio.com, live since 1998, functions as an ongoing digital newsroom publishing hyperlocal coverage of community events, town council, wildlife, and national parks, with over 6,300 articles indexed as of early 2026.

The company is managed and controlled by Scott Anderson, the former station manager who has run the stations since the early 1990s and who created Jackson Hole Radio, LLC to consolidate ownership. Jackson Hole Radio has no institutional funding, no parent company, no disclosed subsidiaries beyond its stations, and operates as an independent local broadcaster with a headcount in the 11-50 range. Strategic positioning relies on long-tenured local brand equity (recognized by the Town of Jackson in 2020 with a 45th-anniversary proclamation for KMTN and by National AAA as 2018 Station of the Year) and FCC-licensed broadcast spectrum as the core competitive assets.

Name

Jackson Hole Radio

Legal name

Jackson Hole Radio, LLC

Website

https://jacksonholeradio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jackson Hole Radio is a privately held local radio group operating five FM/AM stations and live streaming platforms to deliver hyperlocal news, weather, and music programming to the Jackson Hole and Teton County community in Wyoming since 1962.

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Headquarters

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Jackson

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United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Radio Advertising: Jackson Hole Radio generates revenue through local and regional advertising. The station group offers advertising opportunities across its multiple radio stations and online streaming platforms, targeting the Jackson Hole community and visitors to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

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Core offering

Jackson Hole Radio owns and operates a portfolio of FM and AM radio stations serving Jackson, Wyoming and Teton County. The stations include KMTN 96.9 FM "The Mountain," KJAX FM (Country), KZJH 95.3 FM/KZ95 (Classic Rock), KSGT AM 1340 kHz, and La Nueva (Spanish-language), delivering local news, weather, community events, sports, and multiple music formats. Distribution occurs through traditional broadcast plus live online streaming URLs for each station, with a news website covering Jackson Hole, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone.

Product overview

Jackson Hole Radio is a local radio broadcasting company operating multiple FM and AM radio stations in the Jackson Hole valley of Wyoming. The company owns and operates a portfolio of radio stations including KMTN FM ("The Mountain"), KJAX FM (Country), KZJH FM (Classic Rock), KSGT AM, and La Nueva (Spanish-language). The stations collectively cover various music formats including Album Oriented Rock, Jazz, Blues, Classical, Country, and Classic Rock, while also providing local news coverage for Jackson Hole, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and surrounding Teton County areas. The company was formed in 2018 under Jackson Hole Radio, LLC ownership and maintains live streaming capabilities for all stations.

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Products and services

• KMTN FM 96.9 "The Mountain" FM radio station at 96.9 MHz broadcasting Album Oriented Rock, Jazz, Blues, and Classical music to Jackson Hole. Known as "The Mountain"; received national Station of the Year honors in 2018 from the National AAA Music Format. Available via over-the-air broadcast and live streaming at KMTN.LIVE.
• KJAX FM (Country) FM country music radio station serving Jackson Hole and surrounding areas with local news and community programming. Available via over-the-air broadcast and live streaming at KJAX.LIVE.
• KZJH FM 95.3 "KZ95" (Classic Rock) FM Classic Rock station at 95.3 MHz serving Jackson Hole, initially programmed as Adult Contemporary before moving to its current Classic Rock format. Available via over-the-air broadcast and live streaming at KZ95.LIVE.
• KSGT AM 1340 kHz AM radio station on 1340 kHz that began broadcasting in 1962 and housed the first broadcast newsroom in Teton County. The call letters stand for "In the Shadow of the Grand Teton." Plays popular music and provides local news coverage.
• La Nueva (Spanish-language) Spanish-language radio station providing regional programming to the Jackson Hole community. Available via live streaming at LaNueva.LIVE.
• Jackson Hole Radio News Coverage Local news coverage service for Jackson Hole, Wyoming, including stories from Jackson Hole, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, wildlife, and community events. The website has published over 6,300 local news articles as of early 2026.

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Direct peers

• Cherry Creek Radio: Cherry Creek Radio is a privately held owner-operator of ~50 small-market radio stations across the Western US. It is the closest direct peer to Jackson Hole Radio in ownership structure (private, founder-led), station mix (multiple formats in smaller markets), and revenue model (local/regional advertising).
• Alpha Media: Alpha Media operates around 200 radio stations clustered in mid-sized US markets with a multi-format, local-advertising-led model. It is a closer peer to Jackson Hole Radio than the national giants because of its focus on multi-station local clusters rather than national syndication.
• Beasley Broadcast Group: Beasley Broadcast Group is a publicly traded radio operator with stations in mid-sized and small markets, including a mix of music, news, and sports formats. It is comparable to Jackson Hole Radio in its portfolio approach to format diversification within local markets.
• Lotus Communications: Lotus Communications is a privately held operator of regional FM and AM radio stations in smaller Western US markets, often family-controlled. Lotus is comparable to Jackson Hole Radio as both run multi-station regionally clustered portfolios with local advertising as the primary revenue stream and limited digital platform bets.

Broad incumbents

• Salem Communications: Salem Communications (now Salem Media Group) operates a national portfolio of radio stations focused on news/talk and Christian formats, many in smaller markets. It is comparable to Jackson Hole Radio in its news/talk leaning and small-market advertising orientation, though it operates at much larger scale.
• Cumulus Media: Cumulus Media operates a national footprint of ~400 radio stations and the Westwood One network. Like iHeart, it is a broad incumbent competing in the same advertiser and listener pool as Jackson Hole Radio, even though it does not serve the Jackson Hole market directly.
• iHeartMedia: iHeartMedia is the largest US radio broadcaster, operating more than 860 stations plus the iHeartRadio streaming platform. While Jackson Hole Radio is a small independent, it competes for the same local advertiser dollars and increasingly for listener attention via iHeartRadio's digital streaming app.
• Townsquare Media: Townsquare Media is a publicly traded local media company operating around 320 radio stations across small and mid-sized US markets, with a similar portfolio of multiple FM/AM formats per market. Jackson Hole Radio is a scaled-down local analog of Townsquare's local radio cluster model, generating revenue primarily from local advertising.
• Emmis Communications: Emmis Communications is a media company that owns and operates radio stations in major US markets and has historically invested in local-content media. Its local-news and music-format stations in Indianapolis and New York make it a comparable model of local-content-driven radio that anchors advertiser relationships.

Emerging players

• WYPR (Baltimore NPR affiliate): WYPR is a single-market non-commercial radio station that, like Jackson Hole Radio, monetizes primarily through local news, community programming, and underwriting rather than a national network. While it operates in a different funding model, it is comparable as a local-news-anchored, single-market radio franchise.

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Investors

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Investments

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