Good morning, and welcome to Cowboy State Daily Radio News for Friday, September 1, 2023.
Welcome KASL in Newcastle and KREO in Rock Springs!
Today’s top stories:
A Wyoming legislative committee is banking on the hopes that giving Wyoming residents a break on vehicle registration fees will make up for a proposed tax hike on gasoline and diesel fuel.
A federal judge Thursday dismissed parts of a Laramie church elder’s free-speech discrimination lawsuit against the University of Wyoming for naming a transgender sorority member on a sign, but allowed other portions of his complaint to continue.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health is in even more doubt after he awkwardly froze up for about 30 seconds during a press conference in Kentucky on Wednesday - and that puts Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso near the top of the list for possible replacements.
A man accused of kidnapping a Lander woman, confining and torturing her for nearly six excruciating weeks, now faces another felony charge.
And after 17 days lost in Yellowstone National Park, Joaquin the lost pack llama has been found, recovered and reunited with the rest of his pals at Yellowstone Llamas.
Radio Stations
The following radio stations are airing Cowboy State Daily Radio on weekday mornings, afternoons and evenings. More radio stations will be added soon.
KREO -- Rock Springs
KASL -- Newcastle
KYDT/KBFS — Sundance
KYCN/KZEW — Wheatland
KANT — Guernsey
KZQL — Casper
KMXW — Casper
KTGA/KBDY — Saratoga
KJAX — Jackson
KZWY — Sheridan
KROE — Sheridan
KWYO — Sheridan
KYOY — Cheyenne
KRAE — Cheyenne
KDLY — Lander
KZMQ-FM – Cody, Powell, Medicine Wheel, Greybull, Basin, Meeteetse
KKLX — Worland, Thermopolis, Ten Sleep, Greybull
KCGL — Cody, Powell, Basin, Lovell, Clark, Red Lodge, MT
KTAG — Cody, Powell, Basin
KCWB — Cody, Powell, Basin
KVGL — Worland, Thermopolis, Basin, Ten Sleep
KODI-AM/FM — Cody, Powell, Lovell, Basin, Clark, Red Lodge
KWOR-AM/FM — Worland, Thermopolis, Ten Sleep
Check with individual radio stations for airtime of the newscasts.