KSPW

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KSPW
Broadcast area Springfield, Missouri
Frequency 96.5 MHz
BrandingPower 96.5
Programming
Format Contemporary hit radio
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
February 21, 1988
(36 years ago) (1988-02-21)
Former call signs
  • KJLR (1988)
  • KLTQ (1988–1999)
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
 36°57′16″N93°17′22″W / 36.95444°N 93.28944°W / 36.95444; -93.28944
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.power965.com

KSPW (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Sparta, Missouri, United States, it serves Springfield, Missouri. The station is owned by SummitMedia.

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Station history

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSPW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Tatum, Bill (January 18, 1992). "'Hot country' hits Springfield with new KLTQ". The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri). p. 6B. Retrieved November 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Marymont, Mark (March 21, 1996). "KLTQ goes 'maximum country'". The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri). p. 10A. Retrieved November 7, 2001– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Poneleit, Sandy (March 28, 2001). "New sounds on the radio". The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri). p. 10A. Retrieved November 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "92.9 KOSP Springfield Has A Beat". RadioInsight. August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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