KSPW
| Broadcast area | Springfield, Missouri |
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| Frequency | 96.5 MHz |
| Branding | Power 96.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | February 21, 1988 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Kreating Springfield's Power! |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10119 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KSPW (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. It is licensed to Sparta, Missouri, United States, and serves Springfield, Missouri. The station is owned by SummitMedia.
Station history
[edit | edit source]KSPW debuted on the air on February 21, 1988, as KJLR. By July 1988, it adopted an adult contemporary format as KLTQ under the branding "Q96". KLTQ changed to a hot country music format on January 18, 1992.[2] KLTQ subsequently switched to a soft rock format and then changed to a format referred to as "maximum country" in March 1996.[3] The station changed its call sign to KMXH in 1999. On March 23, 2001, KMXH switched to a rhythmic contemporary hits format.[4] The station subsequently adopted the KSPW calls. The station patterned its rhythmic contemporary format after sister station KQCH/Omaha.
On August 29, 2012, Midwest Family Broadcasting classic hits "Star 92.9" KOSP dropped to a rhythmic CHR "92.9 The Beat". This put KSPW in direct competition with KOSP.[5]
Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including KSPW. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.[6] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Springfield stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[7]
DJs
[edit | edit source]- Mornings: Fotsch and Sarah
- Middays & Afternoons: The Ginge
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Facility details for Facility ID 10119 (KSPW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KSPW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 10119 (KSPW) in the REC Networks database
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