the station was assigned the call letters kldi on november 1, 1985. on march 25, 2002, the station changed its call sign to krrr. on april 1, 2002 the station became kkhi. finally, on december 1, 2003 it became the current call letters khat. prior to obtaining its current format (and call letters), the station carried an oldies format, followed by sports radio from espn radio, before switching to country in early 2012 upon the translator launch.